Yemen is facing with problems they have been struggling to resolve for a long period. Their incapability to fix these obstacles is putting them at risk with even greater ones. Due to the years of conflict, they have dealt with they are on the brink of a catastrophe. Yemen is one of the world’s poorest countries and almost every third person needs humanitarian assistance. Ten million of its people is in hunger, and the number has more than doubled since four years ago. First, I will discuss the events that have happened to this country then I will go over the statistics that this conflict has caused. Lastly, I will go over how the concepts/theories that can be related to this crisis.
The people of Yemen are struggling so severely due to the conflict that’s been happening there in the recent years. The root of the cause of the civil war that’s been terrorizing the country has been a result of politics. In 2011, the authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh was forced to give his position and role in the government to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. President Hadi’s failure to bring stability from this political transition from many problems caused most of the conflict. There were numerous problems that the government was facing and he didn’t seem to make much of an impact. The challenges they were facing that they had to fix were: food shortages, corruption in the government (Saleh’s men still continued loyalty to him), and extremist attacks. Many people believed he was doing a bad job as president and some group were against him such as the Houthis. The Houthis, a group who were rebelling against Saleh during his presidency has wreaked terror to the government. Many people of Yemen supported the Houthis. Attacking the northern province of Saada and neighboring areas. In March of 2015, this group then tried taking over the entire country which forced President Hadi to flee the country. The Houthis rise of power was believed to be helped militarily by mostly Shia, Iran. Nine mostly Sunni Arab states then tried to restore President Hadi’s power in the government by beginning an air campaign. They were also getting support from a few of the allied nations: the US, UK, and France. At the beginning of the war, it was only believed to last a few weeks, said Saudi officials. It’s still continuing four years later. The two are fighting and constantly trying to get rid of the other. The Houthis alliance with ex-president Saleh fell off in November of 2017, which resulted in leaving dozens of people dead at Sanaa’s biggest mosque. Then in December of 2017, the Houthis killed Saleh. While both sides are still fighting, the people of Yemen suffered tremendously since it’s already such a poor country. The humanitarian problems the people are suffering went up tremendously. The statistics are terrifying. BBC said that “at least 8.4 million people at risk of starvation and 22.2 million people - 75% of the population - in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN. Severe acute malnutrition is threatening the lives of almost 400,000 children under the age of five.” The civil war has made a lot of people homeless too, more than 3 million people had to flee from their homes. With the country being so poor, it caused the “world’s largest cholera outbreak” which has killed thousands. Because people have to drink dirty water and have been malnourished. Describing the situation in Yemen, it may be the world’s worst man made humanitarian disaster. What may the casualties look like of this crisis? The UN believes more than 6,800 civilians have been killed and at least 10,700 injured in the fighting since March 2015. A group tracking the civil war believes the amount of casualties is far higher than that of the UN. “The US-based
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Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project estimates that more than 60,000 civilians and combatants have been killed since 2016, based on news reports of each incident of violence.”
This violent crisis is would be described as a man vs man conflict. The Houthis who are against the government, whilst getting help from Saleh’s people. This created tension between the new president, they used his weakness in their favor and tried to overthrow the government. Since President Hadi’s transition into power there has been a constant battle. Their famine of resources was created alone. In total, the battle itself was all created alone and the
suffering of all its people was all due to how the people were against their own government. This caused havoc among the life of the civilians and destroyed many places people called home. It also caused the food insecurity they handle. The source I believe is the transition of power for the presidency. There was a structural violence of the Houthis and Saleh against Hadi. It became a cultural violence though when it became a Sunni vs Shia battle, this occurred when Iran and Saudi Arabia
joined the fight. This current conflict hinders the possibilities of a stable peace with its people against their own government and then it also being a religious battle. I doubt it will ever come to a resolution that will grant peace to the country of Yemen. There are too many problems going on there and with the country being so poor, I have a hard time thinking they’ll ever be able to rebuild from what’s happened. If they can get back from what’s occurred, the country needs all the money they can get from neighboring countries and allies.
Unfortunate events have been happening to Yemen constantly, people dying constantly due to the civil war and the food insecurity. With this civil war happening, would it be considered just? Just war theory has conditions that need to be met before it can be considered just. Some of these conditions are: is it morally justified, what must one do to morally conduct a war, and lastly, how can both sides end it and promote lasting peace after. Putting all of this into consideration, the civil war that’s Putting all this into consideration, the civil war that’s been going on with Yemen would be considered not just. I feel like it’s been going on too long to be considered. All the people in Yemen are also being punished for what’s been happening around them. The next would be the Violence triangle from Galtung. It helps describe the three types of violence: direct, structural, and cultural. While all three is connected to each other some ways. The line through the middle of the triangle suggests how visible it is to us. Direct violence being at the top of the triangle and most noticeable to us. The civil wars in Yemen would be considered a direct violence which has portions of it being about cultural and structural violence. I would say it’s mainly direct though because of the large amount of casualties and it being so visible due to most people who’ve lost homes because of it. Lastly, I’ll compare the ABC triangle which Galtung also created. It helps go in deeper into the three important aspects of conflict: attitude, behavior,
and context. When using the triangle, each aspect stands for something else. Attitude means the parties' perception, behavior meaning the behavior between the two parties in conflict, and lastly, the different goals between the parties. The houthis are against the government that creates this attitude and context that they’re against them. Their actions talking about the things they do to dispose of the other for behavior. While the government is trying to fight the Houthis but also fix the problems going on in the country too. Their goal is to help the people while the Houthis goal is to get rid of them.
The conflict going on in Yemen is a tragedy that has plagued many with injuries, death, and hunger. The civil war is causing much uproar and the government is struggling to fight them, and the other problems which have risen since the war has begun. Lastly, I spoke about the events that lead to the problem, the statistics behind it, and war concepts/theories that can be used to identify the problem.
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