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The Houthi movement, which defended the Zaidi Shia
Muslim minority in Yemen and fought a series of
rebellions against Mr Saleh during the previous decade,
took advantage of the new president's weakness by
taking control of their northern heartland of Saada
province and neighbouring areas. Many Yemenis
(including Sunnis), who were disappointed by the
transition, supported the Houthis and in late 2014 and
early 2015 the rebels took over Sanaa and proceeded to
push towards the second biggest city, Aden. In response
to the Houthis' advances, an alliance of Arab states
launched a military campaign in 2015 to defeat the
Houthis and restore Yemen's government.

As a result of this civil war, Yemen has become a hell on
Yemen War earth for its residents; more than 10,000 people have
been killed since the beginning of the war. Targets have
For three years, Yemen–the Arab world's included schools, hospitals, weddings, a funeral and a
poorest country–has been suffering the school bus with 38 children. More than 22 million people
terrible consequences of a civil war. It is a (three quarters of the population) need humanitarian
bloody war between the Houthi rebels assistance and protection. The country has to deal not
and supporters of Yemen's government. only with famine, but also with the worst cholera
The conflict started after the failure of a outbreak in the world.
political transition following an Arab revolt
that forced its authoritarian president, Ali Therefore, Yemeni people flee from Yemen to other
Abdullah Saleh, to hand over power to his countries, becoming refugees or asylum seekers in
deputy Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, in Djibouti, a small country in the Horn of Africa, and
2011. The president Hadi had to deal with Somalia. Today, an estimated 85,000 children under the
a variety of problems, including attacks age of 5 may have died from starvation and disease in
by al-Qaeda, the continuing loyalty of Yemen. In any way, this suffering is an intentional by-
many military officers to Mr Saleh, as well product of the Saudi alliance, which has targeted water-
as corruption, unemployment and food treatment plants, health clinics and even a Doctors
insecurity. Without Borders hospital, all with US assistance.

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