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MIDDLE EAST STORY



          THE CRISIS AND CONSEQUENCES OF CONFLICTS



                    BY MR. BADR OMER BABRISH (YEMEN)



                                                          Delegates  from  the  Middle  East  demonstrated  the
                                                          long-lasting conflict between the Arab countries and

                                                          Israel.  A  presentation  on-  Palestinian  loss  of  land

                                                          (1946-2000) and oppression of Palestine by Israel-
                                                          shed light to the disestablishment of the region, war

                                                          crimes,  violation  of  international  laws,  crimes

                                                          against humanity, human suffering and hatred.


                                                          The delegate from Yemen gave a presentation on the
                                                          Syrian  war  and  the  refugee  crisis.  In  his

                                                          performance, he also shed light to the fact that over

                                                          5.6  million  people  had  fled  Syria  since  2011.  The

                 A journalist asked this                  main reason was to seek safety in Lebanon, Turkey,
                   Syrian girl to smile                   Jordan  and  beyond.  Millions  more  are  displaced
                                                          inside Syria and, as the war continues, hope is fading

                                                          fast.


                                                          In  Yemen  around  24  million  people  require

                                                          immediate  humanitarian  assistance,  12  million  are

                                                          children.  Moreover,  the  delegate  also  talked  about
                                                          how  developed  nations  have  exploited  the  Middle

                                                          East for their resources.


                                                          At  last,  a  positive  and  influential  role  by  the

                                                          international  community  is  required.  For  centuries,
                                                          the  region  has  been  at  the  centre  of  struggles  for


                  Delegate from Yemen,                    religious and economic dominance, citizens want all
                 explaining the Middle-                   this to end soon!
                       East conflict
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