The humanitarian tragedy in Yemen

Yemeni government from Wednesday encountering fierce resistance in trying to quell the rebel Shiite guerrilla attacks in the north. How to appear by the agencies, the military air strikes Yemen is trying to persuade the rebels to retreat.

Saudi Arabia, one of the countries with which borders Yemen, financial help fight jemeske state, primarily for fear of the Shiite minority and the influence of''terrorist elements''. Government of Yemen accuses Iran to provide financial support to armed insurgents and Shia, although solid evidence for this claim is still there, writes British newspaper Telegraph. At the same time, thousands of people left their homes in finding''''sedviču between armed conflict and the Saudi border, said the organization is the World Food Program (WFP).

''The situation becomes worse. We were faced with a humanitarian crisis, it becomes a humanitarian tragedy''said Giancarlo Curie, from the aforementioned organizations.

The situation in the Middle East is all strained, but the United States still held at bay. Some analysts fear that the U.S. could be forced to intervene if the situation deteriorated further in Yemen. There is anxiety that is open every American intervention could worsen the already poor relations with Iran. U.S. President Barack Obama, sent a letter this week jemeskom President Ali Abdullah Saleh, which writes that''the security of Yemen essential for the security of the United States''.

Otherwise, the Yemeni government last month organized an attack on the rebel stronghold in the province of Sadi, and since then about 25, 000 refugees registered with the agency for IDPs the United Nations. Some diplomats believe that more than 100 000 people fled due to fighting. Rebellion began as a small tribe of the conflict in Al-huti after the death of the leader of the tribe 2004th Goin, the uprising began to spread across the country. Al-huti are followers of moderate Shi'ites sect, known as Zaidi, who advocate the return zaidskog caliphate that ruled Yemen until 1962. Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world, civil war, waged 1994th in the north, is considered a major obstacle for the country rise from the mud of poverty.