MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - At a hospital in the Yemeni city of Marib, demand for artificial limbs from victims of the country’s war is so high that prosthetics are made on site in a special workshop.
A soldier with an artificial arm hitches up his robe to reveal a stump where his leg once was. He is angry that authorities have done little to help him since he was wounded.
“I was at the front and a mortar exploded near me. We fought well, but now I get no salary, no support from the government or anyone. They just left us,” said Hassan Meigan.
More than two years into a war that has already left 10,000 dead, regional power Saudi Arabia is struggling to pull together an effective local military force to defeat the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement that has seized large parts of Yemen.
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Update: Saudi Arabia Steps Up Yemen, Iran Campaigns (VOA)
WNU Editor: In the backdrop of the war in Yemen, the war of words continue between Saudi Arabia and Iran continues .... Saudi Arabia's foreign minister calls for sanctions on Iran for its 'support of terrorism’ (CNBC). More here .... Iran's president says Saudi Arabia behind 'hostility' in region (The Guardian).
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The Saudis are shifting active resources to the north and will practice damage control in the south.
The Saudi "war" against the Houthi's is over 8 years old.
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09SANAA2052_a.html
They started under Saleh, but that wound up with the Houthi's taking half of Yemen and Al Quida taking 1/4 of Yemen.
They replaced Saleh with Hadi, but that hasn't improved things at all, and Hadi's now under house arrest in Ryhdia,
http://angryarab.blogspot.ca/2017/11/two-arab-leaders-under-house-arrests-in.html?m=1
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lebanon-prime-minister-saad-hariri-resignation-not-all-seems-quits-resigns-surprise-saudi-arabia-a8045636.html?amp
Funny thing is, as the Bin Laden relationship shows, for decades the Yemeni's relied on Saudi largess, until,
https://pando.com/2015/03/30/the-war-nerd-to-lighten-the-mood-heres-the-cheery-tale-of-dammaj/
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