10,000 Dead: Saudi-led War a Death Sentence for Sick Yemenis

Published: Aug. 9, 2017, 10 p.m.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Walter Smolarek fills in Brian Becker and is joined by Alexander Mercouris, editor in chief of The Duran. A shocking new report has found that at least 10,000 people have died in Yemen in the past year due to the Saudi-led coalition’s closing of the country’s airspace, but the war continues despite the immense suffering.

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day after Donald Trump threatened North Korea with ‘fire and fury’, tensions continue to escalate and the threat of war grows.
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