YEMENIS SUE POPE FRANCES
The pontiff said he hoped a truce in
conflict-ravaged Yemen would end a devastating war which has killed around
10,000 people since 2015 and pushed 14 million Yemenis to the brink of famine
“My thoughts turn to Yemen, in the hope that
the truce brokered by the international community may finally bring relief to
all those children and people exhausted by war and famine,” he said.
The Pope also evoked the war in Syria, from
where US President Donald Trump has decided to pull out some 2,000 troops in a
controversial decision, arguing that the Islamic State has been defeated.
“May the international community work
decisively for a political solution… so that the Syrian people, especially all
those who were forced to leave their own lands and seek refuge elsewhere, can
return to live in peace in their own country,” he said.
He also said he hoped for renewed peace talks
between the Israelis and Palestinians “that can put an end to a conflict that for
over 70 years has rent the land chosen by the Lord to show his face of love.”
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