A refreshing, first-hand account of a visit to the front line near Hodeida by two German reporters. Here is a "taster" passage:
What is currently taking place in Yemen can hardly be described as a fight between a government and insurgents. That would require a functioning state with an army and an internationally recognized government. But none of that exists any longer. Exile President Hadi can't even fly to Aden without obtaining Saudi Arabia's permission. He's little more than a fig leaf for the proxy war Saudi Arabia and the UAE are waging on Yemeni soil against their archenemy Iran, which backs the Houthi rebels.
Link:http://www.spiegel.de/international/...a-1243730.html