'Yemeni civilians found themselves trapped between the fighting and Yemeni officials whose primary objectives appeared to be to remain in power at any cost.'

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'I was old enough to recall the Red Sea proxies as they came to light. Flatly refusing to negotiate peace on any terms other than their own.  The same proxy players who had manipulated war across the entire world for many years.'

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'Taking advantage of destruction and disorder, feeding upon loss and heartache, seducing entire groups to rise against false enemies. Many UN officials were convinced submission to Houthis was a step towards Iranian indoctrination.'
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'A view strengthened daily by Russian support for Iran & US alliances with Saudi & Europe.  Decades of conflict with Iran had bred suspicion, so believing Iran held influence over Houthis behavior by way of weaponry provisions seemed plausible.'
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'Even though Iran always maintained having never supplied weapons to Yemeni ports and continuously displayed disapproval of Saudi interference within Yemen.

No one really knew at what point Houthis morphed from peaceful Yemeni civilian movements into an army.'
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'Only that now Houthis were organized, educated, equipped oppositions willing to kill, die & negotiate for recognition.
As Houthis threatened an already fragmented system the UN chose to reinforce Hadi's position. A guy who had previously resigned.'

'Not many civilians understood why their country would want to get involved.  Not because they justified slaughter of innocent people abroad, or because they were indifferent to international turmoil, but because Eastern dynamics, especially with extremism prevailing....

..portrayed a zero-sum game, with or without foreign intervention.
Thus, any association with Yemen could only really equate to even more un-necessary security risks.'

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'As international pressure increased AQAP and Houthis both dispersed wider into Yemen.  Forging territories, fighting each other, and both against Saudi alignments, all accountable for civilian deaths.'

'When I checked the #WHO website 2017 fatalities sat at 15,000 from 2015. But bodies appeared to crop up in graves across Yemen from time to time, reported by local news, unconfirmed by national statistics, and hearsay unearthed accounts of undocumented fatalities often at sea.'

'Maybe someone stop counting because it's now 2021 and stats still say things like 'over 15k have died.'

'Yemeni society found itself utterly vulnerable, as did valuable resources.  Infrastructure caved, industry halted, basic sanitation facilities became obsolete, & food scarce, thousands of people perished from malnutrition and disease.'

'But the Russian's, bizarrely, were still checking out Yemen airports in hope they were safe enough accept tourists.

I personally failed to see or even appreciate the strategic importance Russia placed on Yemen. I was always more beguiled by Socotra as a game piece.'

'Contradictions were stripped bare and exposed to the light, yet Governments were unabashed.  Facts remained, even if power struggles were creating global hunger, dominance must be enforced if children were to get fed.'
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'The story repeated itself across the globe where fighting persisted, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Burma, Lebanon and others, it was hard to keep track.  Most days it felt like the UN’s hands were tied, choices limited because of who they sided with.'

Ulterior foreign relations were no real option for British Government and stances of total impartiality on their part would leave them devoid of global influence altogether.
Was the UK aligned with Saudi Arabia because they could communicate more proficiently with the West?

'I often saw communication as a substantial bonding material. Even if values differed greatly the sharing and exchange strengthened trust. It was trust that could change the world. Trust could potentially influence values. I was never really that naive.'

'But I dare to dream.

What the world was witnessing were all Eastern countries falling short upon UN human rights laws, yet some countries still deemed worthier than others. It was puzzling, but unavoidable.'
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'These were the issues most human rights activists drew upon the most.  Highlighting sexism, harsh penal systems, rigid faith practices, and disproportionate hierarchical systems that always overshadowed Middle Eastern equilibrium.'

'So, good communications it seemed, although trustworthy, still didn’t really explain the USAs Yemen fascination, perhaps it primarily boiled down to oil ?'

'Saudi Arabia had the West over a predetermined priced barrel’, was my opinion. I'll bet that was UK Gov's opinion also. It wasn't long after the OPEC oil cutback 2017 that the UK’S Green energy initiatives sprung in abundance from the dirt.'

'I don’t think experts ever attempted to correlate Western intervention in Yemen directly with Saudi's decision to cut back on global oil outputs, it had been on the cards for years. Although some did suggest Europe’s austerity may well have prompted reduction to occur faster.'

'I recall British medium insinuating oil was going to be scarce because OPEC and some non-OPEC members were slowing down production, even though there wasn’t an oil shortage at all. That the price per barrel would increase, stating it would impact upon the London stock exchange.'

'It felt like a fix.

The truth was, there was so much oil already sitting in global reserves countries were simply forced to slow down.  Was this what they called false economy?   The Bank of Scotland invested most of its pension money in Middle Eastern oil shares.'

I remember waiting for reports of happy pensioners basking in the Eastern Caribbean. Those stories never materialized. In fact, after the profitable global oil price fixing had happened nothing was said regarding the UK’s flourishing pensions or any other scheme for that matter.'

'All peace plans put forward by Ould Cheik Ahmed heavily pushed for inclusive leadership, for Houthis & Yemeni powers to rule side-by-side. Yet plans were instantly dismissed and not always on the grounds of desired resignations or shared power.'

In 2017 all plans were refused over freedoms to travel, availability to amenities, or how much out-side protection Yemen required.  Perhaps egos disallowed reins to be shared, or maybe all sides had witnessed their family and friends murdered by the hands of the other, maybe both

'Whatever stopped Yemeni facets from ever reaching compromise also prevented socio-economic growth, ceasefires, amnesty of schools and hospitals, and payments of public sector wages, the very same things both sides claimed to be fighting for.'

'Previous envoys to Yemen had already resigned due to Saudi Arabian pressure for agreements to go in their favour.  So, although I was personally rooting for UN success in this area, my skepticism regarding unbiased resolve left me religiously unsurprised when nothing happened.'

'Such frustrating stale mates, hinting towards prospects of another century over-shadowed by international push me pull you techniques, sanctions, and wrongly incarcerated journalists.
International journalism in the 21st century was a dangerous sport. 
Good night. '