Confidential U.N. Report Suggests Saudi-Led Coalition Failing in Yemen

Yamanyoon-16 Sep 2016

Saudi Arabia claims a series of military advances this year shows it is making progress in its 2 ½ year war against Yemen.

for nearly two-and-a-half years, Saudi Arabia and its allies, equipped with American-built aircraft and precision-guided rockets, have prosecuted one of the most advanced airpower campaigns against one of the world’s poorest countries.

But the Saudi-led coalition’s overwhelming military superiority has brought them no closer to victory. Instead, it has furthered Yemen’s political fragmentation, deepened a humanitarian crisis that has brought the country to the brink of famine, and fed widespread public resentment in response to high civilian casualties, according to a confidential U.N. report reviewed by Foreign Policy.