US steps up arms deliveries to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
Source: The Guardian
Washington deepened its involvement in the Saudi-led air war in Yemen on Wednesday, as aid agencies scrambled to deliver help to civilians caught up in the campaign now heading into its third week.
The Red Cross has warned of a “catastrophic” situation in the main southern city of Aden, where militia loyal to the fugitive president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi have been holding out against Shia-backed Houthi rebels and their allies within the security forces.
Scores of people have been killed or wounded in the street fighting in the heart of the port city and the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières? said it feared that many more had been unable to reach hospitals.
The main Shia power, Iran, which has strongly opposed the Saudi-led intervention, stepped up its efforts for a negotiated settlement with a visit to the Saudi ally Pakistan by foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Islamabad has so far deflected appeals by Riyadh to join the coalition of nine, mainly Sunni, Arab countries intervening in Yemen, for fear of deepening sectarian divisions at home and across the Muslim world.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/08/us-arms-deliveries-saudi-coalition-yemen-aden
And, the snake pit just gets more and more crowded.
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So then, in another three weeks things should be right back to normal.
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