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Without a peaceful settlement, the suffering and bloodshed in Yemen will continue, with its effects being felt much wider.

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The Saudi-led bombing campaign has decimated the country and provided steady streams of recruits to extremist groups like ISIS and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the world's deadliest terror groups.

These groups will continue growing amid the conflict, becoming further ingrained and fortified, continuing to plan and launch attacks against targets in the West.

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