Yemen update 5/5/2015..Hundreds of Aden residents flee by boat

“US, Britain, France support Saudi Arabia in its aggression against Yemen”

Iran President Rouhani blames West for stirring conflicts in Middle East

Saudi Arabia considering halt to strikes to allow for aid deliveries

Red Cross, MSF demand end to Saudi raids on Yemen airports

Saudi raids target airports in Sana’a, Hudaydah, Aden in Yemen

Yemeni tribes fire mortar shells on Saudi border city of Najran

Yemeni protesters slam Saudi Arabia’s war against their country

Hundreds of Aden residents flee parts of city by boat

http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-backed-saudi-forces-dropped-cluster-bombs-on-yemeni-villages/5447368

Large areas of the country have already been laid waste by the fighting on the ground between militant groups and weeks of heavy bombing by the Saudi-led alliance. At least 1,200 killed and 5,000 wounded by bombing campaign, according to World Health Organization statistics. Aid groups state that the real death toll may be much higher, but conditions on the ground make it impossible to get an accurate count at present.

Saudi planes have carried out 70 percent of strikes against Yemen, according to a spokesman for the Saudi coalition. In this, the Saudis have received extensive and growing support from the US military, which has surveilled targets and providing logistical support in coordination with the Saudi-led coalition, in addition to providing billions of dollars worth of up to date US made military hardware.

The Obama administration is working closely with sections of the Saudi, Gulf and Iranian elites in an effort to forge a comprehensive political settlement that will re-stabilize US imperialism’s hegemonic position in the Middle East. Yemen’s population is being treated as a bargaining chip in the process, with all parties seeking to utilize the growing bloodbath to strengthen their positions against rivals in the regional and global arenas.