US-Backed Officials Divided While Yemen Starves
When mainstream media frames the Yemen conflict, it's often a confusing dance of 'officials' and 'coalitions.' What they gloss over, as The New Arab did here, is the stark reality: this isn't an internal squabble. This is a proxy war, bankrolled by Western powers, that has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. Since 2014, the Saudi-led, US-backed coalition has waged a brutal
campaign, blockading ports and bombing infrastructure, leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, with millions more facing famine and disease, according to UNICEF. This 'pro-UAE' official's stance merely highlights the fractured web of foreign intervention that thrives on Yemeni suffering. The US, with bipartisan support, has approved billions in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE (e.g.,
$650 million in 2021). One might wonder if the headlines would change if the Yemeni people had an active lobby in Washington, instead of being collateral damage in a regional power play.