Saturday, November 21, 2009

Yemen Civil War News Updates -- November 21, 2009

Conflict Deepens Crisis In Yemen -- Washington Post

Thousands displaced, many going hungry in region's poorest nation.

MAZRAQ, YEMEN -- From his tent made of blankets, Ali al-Majeshri stared at the tarpaulin tents in the refugee camp across the road. Five days before, he and his family had arrived at this wretched patch in a failing nation, driven here by a civil war that overnight had become a regional conflict. Bombs, bullets, threats -- this was what they were escaping. So were 15,000 other Yemenis.

And so the Majeshris waited to enter an overcrowded camp with better tents, and for someone to care. "We haven't received anything," muttered Majeshri, 55, sipping hot tea as flies buzzed around his face.

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More News On Yemen

Interview: Conflict In Yemen Widens Amid Charges Of Iran Involvement -- Radio Free Europe
Yemeni says kills rebel leader, Saudis comb border -- Reuters
Saudi-Yemen war expanding -- Examiner
Saudi Arabia’s Attack on Yemen - Middle East Online
68 al-Houthi fighters arrested including 26 Somalis -- Yemen Observer
Al-Qaeda seizes Japan hostage in Yemen: tribal source -- Yahoo News/AFP
Yemen: Child Refugees Starving to Death at "Alarming Levels" -- Jawa Report
Why Saudi Arabia should rethink its Yemen strategy -- Financial Times
The Saudi Iranian Neo Cold War : Iran’s proxy war in Yemen ! -- Agora Vox
Iranian Leaders Weigh Support for the Houthi Rebellion in Yemen -- Jamestown foundation
Yemen on the Brink -- Carnegie Endowment
Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen -- NPR

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