War in Yemen -Izzie

Until 1962, Yemen was ruled by Zaydi Shia imams, which is the principles that the Houthis were founded on. Now that another group is in power in Yemen the Houthis have been at war with the Yemeni government on and off since 2004. The Houthis seem to be wanting more economic and political power. The conflict was sparked in 2011 when Ali Abdullah Saleh, had to hand his power over to Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi but actual fighting took place in 2014 when Houthis took over the capital, Sanaa. To try and defeat the Houthis a group of Arab states sent troops to fight them and regain power for the Yemeni government. The Arab states that are involved are Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan and Senegal. Most of these countries have sent troops to fight on the ground but others, especially Saudi Arabia, have sent many air strikes to the areas controlled by the Houthis. These are strikes and other forms of violence are killing many innocent people. These attacks have lead to a huge humanitarian crisis in Yemen. According to "Save the Children," over 50,000 children had died in 2017. Over 400,000 children are facing acute malnutrition. Due to the shut down of health care in Yemen, the country is now facing the worlds largest Cholera outbreak. People who are trying to get to these people in Yemen are facing many issues because countries are trying to block off any resources getting to the Houthis which is in turn keeping resources away from people all over the country. There was an effort in 2013 to end the violence. The idea was that the Yemen's National Dialogue Conference would work to write a new constitution and political system but ultimately the Houthis pulled out of the deal due to the fact that it left the Yemeni transitional government in power.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/key-facts-war-yemen-160607112342462.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44466574

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