"There have been too many mistakes made in Yemen and the country is suffering enormously. It’s a huge humanitarian catastrophe and it really does need to end. So, it’s important that the US is leaning in, finally."
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Dr Karin von Hippel on the conflict in Yemen
In The News, 31 October 2018Middle East and North Africa
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Dr Karin von Hippel became Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on 30 November 2015.
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