The Photos the U.S. and Saudi Arabia Don’t Want You to See
Saudi Arabian imports of major arms by supplier, 2012-2016
*Includes Spain, France, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands,
Belgium, Finland, China, South Africa, Georgia, Austria, Slovakia, and Bulgaria
Source: Sipri Arms Transfers Database
Human Rights Watch has repeatedly concluded that many Saudi airstrikes were probable war crimes and
that the U. S. shares responsibility because it provides the Saudis with air-to-air refueling and intelligence used for airstrikes, as well as with much of the weaponry.
By Nicholas Kristof AUG. 29, 2017
“The country is on the brink of famine, with over 60 percent of the population not knowing where their next meal will come from,” the leaders of the U. N. World Food Program, Unicef
and the World Health Organization said in an unusual joint statement.
Yet victims like Buthaina aren’t on our television screens
and rarely make the news pages, in part because Saudi Arabia is successfully blocking foreign journalists from the rebel-held areas.
The Saudis don’t want you to see children like this one, Alaa, severely malnourished and photographed by a World Food Program team.
Yemen, always an impoverished country, has been upended for two years by fighting between the Saudi-backed military coalition
and Houthi rebels and their allies (with limited support from Iran).
