The Saudi-led multinational coalition is battling Iran, the Houthis and others in Yemen. Seven or eight years, almost all the fighting, tired, casualties are very large, plus three years of global epidemics, and the impact of the generalization of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Picture 1 shows a man walking on a street in Sana'a, Yemen, on August 1, 2022. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday welcomed the august 2 extension of Yemen's armistice for another two months and called on the country's parties to intensify negotiations to extend it to a lasting ceasefire. The U.N. Security Council also urged the Houthis to be more flexible and open roads in and around Taiz province, which has been under siege for more than seven years.
