Yemen: 10 years after the Arab Spring, new hopes sprout
12 February 2021 |
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Yemen's Arab Spring uprisings led to a raging civil war that has inflicted immense suffering on the population for the past seven years. Will the US's halt on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and a new envoy help bring peace?
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