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100,000 people killed in Yemen's civil war since 2015, report says
2019-11-01
Either improve productivity and reduce waste or reduce the number of people. Yemen chose to efficiently reduce the number of people.
[DAILYSABAH] Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
's civil war has killed more than 100,000 people since 2015, a database project that tracks violence said Thursday.

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED, said in a new report its corpse count includes more than 12,000 civilians killed in attacks targeting civilians directly.

The conflict in the Arab world's poorest nation began with the 2014 takeover of northern and central Yemen by Iran-aligned rebels, driving out the internationally recognized government from the capital, Sanaa. Months later, in March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition launched its air campaign to prevent the rebels, known as Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s, from overrunning the country's south.

Saudi-led Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s have hit schools, hospitals and wedding parties and killed thousands of Yemeni civilians. The Houthis have used drones and missiles to attack Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and have targeted vessels in the Red Sea.

Civilians have suffered the most in the conflict, which has created what the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
says is the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

ACLED said approximately 20,000 people have been killed this year, already making 2019 the second-deadliest year on record after 2018, with 30,800 dead.

Related:
Sanaa: 2019-10-25 Yemeni government, South Transitional Council reach agreement
Sanaa: 2019-10-17 Yemeni government, Southern Transition Council expected to sign deal
Sanaa: 2019-10-15 Saudi Arabian forces gain control of Yemen's Aden to end stand-off
Related:
Houthis: 2019-10-25 Yemeni government, South Transitional Council reach agreement
Houthis: 2019-10-24 Yemen's rebels, government set up joint positions in key port city
Houthis: 2019-10-24 Ansarallah forces destroy several vehicles belonging to Saudi-backed troops
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