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Yemen Analysts Do Not See End to Conflict

Dale Gavlak

   AMMAN - Yemen marks five years of brutal civil war that has transformed
   the poorest Arab nation at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula into the
   world's worst humanitarian crisis. An estimated 100,000 people have
   been killed during the conflict, and about 80 percentof the population
   of 24 million are dependent on food and humanitarian aid to survive.

   Yemen's warring parties have welcomed a United Nations call for an
   immediate truce, but analysts believe such calls will not end the
   conflict.

   The Saudi-led coalition's military offensive started five years ago,
   with airstrikes and a naval blockade against the Iranian-supported
   Houthi rebels. It aimed to restore Yemen's ousted government led by
   President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

   Rights groups have accused both sides of systematic rights violations
   against civilians, as well as war crimes.

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