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The Saudis and Emiratis are really in Yemen because of its resources and its strategic position alongside the Bab al-Mandeb, a shipping choke point. Both countries are attempting, and largely failing, to implement a kind of neo-colonial policy. They are trying to carve Yemen into spheres of influence where they can rule through pliant proxies. In the Yemeni governorate of al-Mahrah, which borders Oman, the Saudis are trying to construct a long sought-after pipeline that would allow them to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. So far, residents have blocked the construction of the pipeline and additional Saudi military bases. Across coalition-“controlled” southern Yemen, Yemenis are protesting Saudi and Emirati efforts to garrison the country and strip it of its assets. In all likelihood, they will be successful. As one former senior Western advisor to the Gulf states told this author, “Yemen is one of the worst places on the planet to try to implement a neo-colonial foreign policy.” The country has a couple thousand years’ worth of experience in frustrating invaders.

Michael Horton, A Yemen Ceasefire? Believe It When You See It | November 2, 2018

Fellow for Arabian Affairs at the Jamestown Foundation

This support to the Saudi-UAE effort to wage this war in Yemen, though, is not legitimate. It's illegal. It was started by the Obama administration and continued and emphasized by the Trump administration. It's illegal. It's brutal...There's no defense. It's a brutal, bloody war, as I pointed out. It's a major humanitarian disaster, and the United States has no business participating in it. It's that clear. It's that simple.

Col. Larry Wilkerson, The Real News | Nov 6, 2017

Retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell

US & UK can stop Yemen war today, but they love Saudi money!

Hussain Albukhaiti, Goingunderground RT | Feb 12, 2018

Journalist

YEMEN: The Neglected War - Sep 6, 2017 Thousands of civilians have died and millions more have been displaced in the ongoing hostilities in Yemen. What began as a civil war now extends far beyond Yemen’s borders. Brigida Santos hosts RT America’s special coverage of the neglected conflict.

The ABC’s of the War in Yemen with Max Blumenthal - Nov 1, 2018 A sad lesson of history is that recent calls for peace in Yemen will likely bring an intensification of violence in the short term. Investigative Journalist and Author Max Blumenthal joins RT America’s Rick Sanchez to share his insights, arguing that establishment narratives of proxy warfare in Yemen are false and that the Houthi rebels are “an indigenous, nationalistic force fighting foreign occupation.”

The Truth About Yemen - With Vanessa Beeley - Aug 17, 2017 More than two years after a Saudi-led coalition began attacking Yemen, the country is a wasteland. Thousands of airstrikes, scores of children killed, epidemics, misery. Who's really responsible and what can be done?

Real reason US is in Yemen - Feb 11, 2019 RT America’s Michele Greenstein reports for the News with Rick Sanchez on Yemen’s significant untapped oil resources. She explains how Yemen’s oil potential might shed new light on the current conflict there and the US role in it, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

Bloomberg Quicktake - Mar 27, 2015 Yemen is the 39th biggest oil producer in the world, contributing only 0.2% to global output. So why are events there rocking the oil markets? Yvonne Man explains.

Vanessa Beeley Interview - The (Not So) Secret War In Yemen & The True Face Of US Humanitarianism - August 14th, 2018. Vanessa Beeley joins me to discuss the truth about the conflict in Yemen and the real agenda behind the genocide being committed. We discuss the recent events that have taken place, in particular the bombing of a school bus that took the lives of 50 children, and the bomb fragments that were found at the scene that prove the bomb was made by none other than Lockheed Martin. We take a deep look at the reality behind the facade of US humanitarianism and what this aggressive US foreign policy leading the western agenda is leading us all toward.