offensi was launched on the red sea coast while i was in yemen in january that then pushed a lot of theivilian population into these incredibly remote areas where there are no aid agencies to support them and to provide shelter and to provide food. so across the country, really, it does not matter which side of the frontline you are. if you're civilian, people are finding it increasingly difficult to both access food and to be of low test to be able to afford to pay for food. many of the employees have not been paid for more than 6, 7 months. that reduces people's capacity to even purchase goods even when they are available in areas where they are not affected by the conflict. amongstwar weariness the population. people are desperate for this war to come to an end. on the political side, there is no indication that is about to happen. in fact, the warring parties are not even willing to even engage or speak with the u.n. special envoy was charged with trying to find a political resolution to the conflict. both on the military front, things are shifting slightly or have done, but certain

appalled by the deaths of dozens of somali refugees after their boat was attacked off yemen's red sea coastmore than 40 bodies have been recovered and survivors have been taken to detention centers. it is not clear who was behind the attack. the" said the vessel was traveling from yemen to sudan when it was fired at the u.s. secret service laptop containing sensitive information about president trump and hillary clinton has been stolen. the computer contains the floor plans of trump tower and details about the investigation into mrs. clinton's use of a private e-mail server. it is said to be taken from an agent in the new york bureau of brooklyn on thursday. ayptian archaeologists say vast statue uncovered in a suburb of cairo last week is not favre ramses ii-- pharaoh ramses ii, but a much later king. its torso a loan way to more than 300 pounds. today u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson continued his trip to asia with a blunt message for north korea. the white house is ruling nothing out, that includes military action. speaking after talks with south korean leaders, mr. tillerson said a

particularly in an offensive the uae, part of the saudi led coalition, are looking to launch on the red sea coastparticularly on a port that is a vital supply line for the northern yemen, which is the most asleep populated partrt of the -- most densely populateded papart of the e country at r ree heavilily on that roroute for te impoport of food. the most troubling part of this request to become more involved with thehe sauaudi-led coaoalitn appears to be because there has been, from the white house spokesman, this sense of conflating the houthi rebels with a r r. h have had supppport from a a ran, and ththat appearo bencreasining with specific mililitary assistance and westen to the houthis over the last nine months. to conflate them with a ran, and now appears this all must and mounts to the u.s. wanting to start a proxy war with iran in yemen. that is incredibly dangerous. it is incredibly dangerous for the civilian population who a ae already facing famine at the moment and incredibly dangerous because we don't know what the reaction will be from iran. that reaction may not just be in yemen.

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