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The same report said the Houthis had also committed war crimes, such as torturing prisoners and blocking civilians' access to humanitarian aid. The two sides have shown a sickening disregard for civilians, leaving the country on the verge of economic collapse and mass starvation. Yemen is now ravaged by a cholera outbreak that has killed at least 2, people and infected , more. So, there is no question that the Hodeidah truce is a welcome development. All combatants are supposed to leave the city in 21 days, a process the UN will oversee.

But both the coalition government forces and the Houthis, who have received arms and other support from Iran, say the truce should not be seen as the end of the hostilities, or even as the beginning of the end. The world cannot allow this opportunity to be squandered. What is needed at this critical moment is an international effort to support the ceasefire, and to press the warring sides to expand on it and come back to the table for real peace talks. Saudi Arabia is certainly vulnerable. It is already under pressure in the wake of the torture and killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi — a murder that the CIA and other intelligence agencies say was personally orchestrated by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

As well last week, the United States Senate voted to end the U.

It was a symbolic act, because President Donald Trump will veto it if it ever reaches his desk, but it sends the right message to Riyadh. Iran, too, needs to be pressured into ending its support for the Houthis. Yemen is the worst kind of conflict — one in which a proxy battle between repressive states is being fought on top of the bodies of some of the poorest people in the world. The world must not let them down.

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