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    The UN document reports that the Yemen crisis has staggering figures with 22.2 million people in need of assistance, 8.4 million being severely food insecure, and another 10 million at risk of falling into the same category by the end of the year without urgent action. The student presentation provides background on the ongoing civil war in Yemen between Houthi rebels and the internationally recognized government, outlines the massive scale of the humanitarian crisis affecting millions, and calls for actions like a ceasefire and increased aid.

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    “The figures of the crisis are staggering and

    near-impossible to grasp: 22.2 million in need of


    assistance, 8.4 million people severely food insecure, and a
    further 10 million that could fall under the same category
    by the end of the year, if action is not urgently taken”
    (UN.org).
    Ecfr.eu
    Yemen Civil War: The World’s Largest
    Humanitarian Crisis

    By: Averil, Ryan, Quinn & Vanessa


    Why Should You Care?
    ● It is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
    ● 24.1 million of 30.5 million need aid
    ● 20.1 million people need food assistance
    ● 6,872 civilian deaths and 10,768 wounded (as of
    November 2018)

    www.middleeasteye.net/news/500-days-fighting
    -yemen-humanitarian-crisis-untenable

    Image shows info on the first 500 days


    of the conflict and includes soldier
    and civilian info
    Background Information
    ● Houthi/Sunni: believed successor was
    father-in-law

    ● Shiite/Shia: believed successor was


    son-in-law

    https://www.businessinsider.com/the-difference
    s-between-shia-and-sunni-muslims-2015-10

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-1
    6047709
    What ● Cholera outbreak affected millions more

    ● World’s Largest
    Humanitarian crisis
    https://www.middleeasteye.net
    ● Civil war in Yemen
    ● Both sides are recruiting
    child soldiers
    ● People don’t have needed
    essentials like food, water,
    and shelter
    ● 14 million people on the
    brink of famine
    ● Indiscriminate killing of
    civilians
    Where

    Yemen is on the southern tip


    of the Arabian Peninsula

    Because Oman has a very


    harsh climate and Saudi
    Arabia is involved in the war,
    most people can’t flee the
    country.

    https://www.ecfr.eu/mena/yemen
    Who Is Involved:
    ● Ali Abdullah Saleh
    ● Abd Rabbu Mansour
    al-Hadi
    ● The United Nations
    ● Saudi Arabia
    ● The U.S.
    ● Houthi/Sunni
    ● Shiite/Shia
    When: 2015 July - Houthis fire missile into Saudi territory

    September - missile attack launched by Houthis


    Before 2015: Sunni and shia tensions
    rise in the Arabian Peninsula

    February - Houthis elect presidential Anti Houthi protesters run away from pro-
    council to replace President Hadi houthi police tear gas

    March - Islamic State carries out first


    major attack in Yemen

    June - leader of Al Qaeda is killed in a


    U.S. drone strike

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-ea
    st-14704951
    Reuters.com
    When- 2016
    February - The Abyan conflict
    begins

    March- December: over 5


    bombings

    October - Sanaa funeral airstrike


    occurs The USS Mason news.usni.org

    October - UAE ship HSV-2 Swift October - USS Mason defends against Houthi cruise missile
    attacked and damaged by Houthi attack
    missile
    December - Obama administration suspends arms export

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14704951
    When- 2017
    January - Trump administration
    authorizes SOF raid on AQAP
    headquarters

    January - Pro-Hadi forced seized A poster of Ali Abdullah Saleh on a shop in


    the port of Mokha from the Sanaa after his death aljazeera.com
    Houthis.
    December - Saleh killed
    April - Houthis shot down a Saudi
    December - Pro-Hadi forces seize the Al-Khoukha
    black hawk helicopter killing 12
    district
    soldiers

    December - Battle of Sanaa ends


    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14704951
    When- 2018
    April: Airstrike occurs in Hajjah
    Governorate.

    April- The UAE takes over Socotra

    June - Battle of Al Hudaydah https://en.althawranews.net


    begins
    August- Saudi airstrike hits bus filled with dozens.
    July - Houthi drones attack Abu
    Dhabi International Airport October - war plane bombed Hodeidah

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14704951
    When- 2019 August - Houthis attack Saudi Arabian auxiliary force of around
    1,100 men

    January - Houthis drone strike on September - Abqaiq and Khurais drones attack and knock out half
    Anad Air Base kills head of Yemeni of Saudi oil production capacity
    military intelligence

    May - Houthi drones attack two oil


    pumping stations in Saudi Arabia https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14704951

    July - UAE withdrew most of their


    forces from the Saudi-led
    intervention
    https://www.mei.edu/

    When- 2020
    January - Yemeni rebels release
    some Saudi prisoners

    January - UN peace talk makes


    progress
    https://www.thenational.ae/
    Saudi Arabia: drone strikes, helped take over Sanaa
    Global Involvement (capital)

    U.K: supplying Shia rebels with weapons, angering U.S


    U.S- airstrikes and bombing
    Houthi rebels
    U.N: trying to make a peace treaty, and helping with
    humanitarian aid.
    U.S & France: sent down less than
    100 troops combined

    Save the Children: trying to protect


    children’s rights and keep them
    from dying
    ● savethechildren.org
    World Food Program: supplying ● Yemen emergency
    hungry with food ● Images from britannica/wikipedia

    Ethiopia & Somalia: taking in Somalia


    Ethiopia
    refugees
    Action Plan
    1. Ceasefire or peace treaty
    from the UN
    2. UN creates stricter rules on
    obstructing humanitarian aid
    3. United States supplies food,
    fuel, and vaccines Saudi Arabia must halt air strikes in
    Yemen, says UN panel
    4. NGOs collect donations and
    raise public awareness

    To inform others about the crisis, we can:


    1. Create videos and flyers on the topic
    2. Spread the information through schools with teachers
    Summary
    Yemen has the worst humanitarian crisis with:
    ● 24.1 million people in need of assistance
    ● 20.1 million of those need food assistance
    ● 19.7 million in need of basic healthcare
    ● And 30.5 million people trapped in a country full of
    war and famine.

    https://www.cfr.org/
    https://www.theguardian.com/
    Images from:
    Works Cited
    https://www.ecfr.eu/mena/yemen Flags: Wikipedia.org and britannica.com

    https://www.usaid.gov/crisis/yemen https://www.cfr.org/
    https://www.theguardian.com/
    hrw.org https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/10/1022852
    www.middleeasteye.net/news/500-days-fighting-ye
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-e men-humanitarian-crisis-untenable
    ast-14704951 https://www.middleeasteye.net
    https://www.thenational.ae/
    https://www.mei.edu/
    https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/cou https://en.althawranews.net
    ntry-chapters/yemen
    news.usni.org
    Ecfr.eu
    Reuters.com
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yemen-s-former-lead
    er-abd-rabbu-mansour-hadi-leaves-sanaa-after-hous
    e-arrest-1.2966024
    World Health Organization

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