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Yemen's Cholera Outbreak

By: Thorayah Abdelqader

There have been multiple outbreaks of Cholera worldwide, with one of the biggest outbreaks occurring in the aftermath of the natural disasters that hit Haiti in…

Water Wars in Yemen

By Natalie Hettle

Yemen’s water crisis is the worst in the Middle East. Yemen is located on a dry, semi-arid portion of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen has no rivers unlike Syria, Egypt, Iraq…

Saudi Blockade, Impact on Food and Water Insecurity in Yemen

by Gabriel Giddens, MESC Academic Intern

After consulting with Yemeni authorities in December 2015, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issued a statement warning the…

Mosul Dam in Danger of Inundating Northern Iraq

The US Embassy in Baghdad issues a statement [1], including a fact sheet of the major concerns.  Residents in the threatened areas are encouraged to move a minimum of 6 kilometers…