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Yemen, six years of war and the thin thread of hope

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Hope hangs on four ships: mostly loaded with gas and fuel. Exactly six years after the start of the war in Yemen, the green light given yesterday by Saudi Arabia to the container ships to land in the port of Hodeida – the largest in the area controlled by the Houthis, the rebels against which the Saudis are fighting – is the a tangible sign of the turning point that could come in the coming months in the conflict that has killed more than 230,000 people and reduced half the population of the poorest country in the Arab world to starvation.

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Three days ago, Riyadh offered the Houthis a ceasefire, the reopening of blocked ports and airports and peace negotiations under the auspices of the UN. From the rebels came a “no” which, rather than taking a definitive position, tastes like a relaunch: with America Joe Biden directly committed to ending the conflict and the crown prince’s Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman which aims to relaunch relations with Washington on de-escalation, it is the armed men of the North who have been in control of a large part of the country for six years now who have the knife on the side of the handle. And they are fully aware of it. Between the capitals of Oman and Kuwait, peace negotiations have been going on for months, increasingly openly: and the certainty of the rebels supported by Iran is that they have the momentum in their hands and that they must use it to obtain the most favorable guarantees. .

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Watching the tug-of-war develop, there are millions of people on the ground, victims of what the United Nations calls “the most serious humanitarian crisis in the world“. Over 16 million people are without food and more than 2.2 million children could be severely malnourished in 2021, according to Oxfam estimates. Added to this is the Covid emergency, impossible to govern in a country where health facilities are collapsing, and the intensification of fighting in the Marib area, in the north of the country: in recent years it has become a refuge for thousands of people in escape from war – before the conflict 500,000 people lived in Marib, today the city is home to over 750,000 refugees, according to data from the UN refugee agency, Unhcr – is now the heart of the battle with which the Houthis hope to snatch further slices of territory to the government supported by Riyadh.

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“In Yemen we need health structures that work, schools that are not a bivouac for soldiers or that do not fall apart, infrastructures, job opportunities that allow people to guarantee a dignified life for themselves and their families – he says. Marianna Semenza, Intersos Head of Mission in Southern Yemen – More generally, what the country needs is a Yemeni-led political solution that includes a ceasefire that is genuinely respected by all parties, the reopening of the borders and guarantees the freedom of movement of persons and goods. The military solution has amply demonstrated its inadequacy and the most vulnerable sections of the population have paid the price. “A hope that six years after the start of the war cannot but be shared.

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