Thread by @shireen818

#Thread: Though it's important to shed light on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in #Yemen, you could read this entire @reuters article (and most articles written about Yemen) and not know why this boy is starving or who is responsible for these conditions: reuters.com/article/us-yem…

The boy travelled from Al-Jawf to Sana'a because al-Jawf is among "high intensity battlefronts" & is the target of repeated civilian airstrikes. acleddata.com/2019/06/18/yem…

Also, roads are "damaged" because they're frequently bombed by US/Saudi airstrikes: interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2018/Saudi…

Shockingly, he's one of the lucky ones who managed to make it to a hospital.

Only 51% of health facilities are (barely) functioning: reliefweb.int/report/yemen/y…

And hospitals have been frequently targeted by airstrikes: For example: doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/new…

International aid & donations are necessary for Faid & millions to survive because of the Saudi/US/UAE blockade that prevents Yemenis from trade and makes them reliant on aid instead. Before the war, Yemen imported 90% of its food; now, 80% rely on aid. thenation.com/article/archiv…

Famine hasn't been declared because the UN faces immense pressure from its top donors, the US & Saudi, who are also causing the famine in Yemen.

The US went as far as pressuring the UN to restrict aid to Northern Yemen, where 70% of Yemenis live: foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/02/pom…

Speaking of donors, "significant underfunding of the 2020 aid response" is due to Saudi & UAE not fulfilling their pledges.

"Those who. made the largest pledges...have so far paid only a modest proportion of what they promised." - @UNReliefChief

middleeasteye.net/news/un-calls-…

Now, the Trump administration may designate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, which would result in mass deaths: justsecurity.org/73677/six-reas…

I've said this for years, but in the case of Yemen, there's significant underreporting & misreporting. Read almost any article about #Yemen and you'll be confused about the agents & the causes.

@AkbarSAhmed's recent article is an exception. Please read it huffpost.com/entry/yemen-sa…

6 years into the US/Saudi war, most US-Americans still don't know that our government (under Obama & Trump) provides the weapons Saudi & UAE use, helps impose the blockade that's starving Yemenis, trains Saudi & UAE forces, & so much more.

This must stop inthesetimes.com/article/presid…

Here's what folks could do to help:
1. Write to your paper to help people understand US complicity
2. Organize with @Jehan_Hakim, @masspeaceaction & others: masspeaceaction.org/event/internat…
3. Donate: yemenfoundation.org
4. Follow @HassanElTayyab & @ErikSperling for political actions