Why is the Yemen War not a major news story?

Its possible that a lot of people haven't heard of this because it's hardly been in the news but it's a brutal human catastrophe that rivals the Syria War in terms of its brutality and loss of life. Saudi Arabia is doing a lot of killing and they are armed with British and American weapons. Why is this not a major international news story?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29319423

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/01/disaster-texas-america-britain-yemen

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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

Western media doesn't care about Muslim killing Muslims

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@HoraceGreenley Not when they are 'our Muslims'. I.e Saudi Arabia.

BTW factions within Saudi are the number one source of funding for ISIS and Islamic terrorism but they are somehow a political ally.

HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

@Burnley123 Saudis pay blackmail to terrorist organizations so they won't do anything in Saudi Arabia

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@HoraceGreenley Its much more than that.

[quote]Perhaps the most powerful indication of Saudi’s financial links with ISIS can be seen in the cache of emails leaked from the office of Hillary Clinton, who was US Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013.

The messages, published by Wikileaks, contain an unambiguous statement by her campaign chairman, [b]John Podesta[/b]:

“We need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region.”[/quote]

Maybe you will believe this actually, though US foreign policy alliances are generally bi-partisan, very much including this one.

https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-qa-is-saudi-arabia-funding-isis