Australia's generous aid to Yemen mustn't be undermined by its weapons sales | Jason Lee

Military exports to Saudi Arabia should cease if we are serious about ending the four-year war that has killed 85,000 children

Almost 15 months ago to the day I landed in Yemen, home to the biggest humanitarian crisis on the planet. I’ve been an aid worker for more than a decade, deployed to emergencies in places like Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Timor Leste. But nothing prepared me be for this.

The suffering in Yemen is on a scale that’s hard to fathom.

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