NewsTracker Answers for week of Feb. 13, 2017

Q: The United Nations says Yemen is running out of wheat and 12 million people are facing the threat of famine after two years of civil war. Where is Yemen?

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Q: The UN said nearly 3.3 million people – including 2.1 million children – are acutely malnourished in Yemen, the poorest nation on the Arabian Peninsula. What nation on the peninsula is the world’s richest nation?

A. Bahrain

B. Oman

C. Qatar

D. Saudi Arabia

C. The gross domestic product per person is $129,700 in Qatar compared with $2,500 per person in Yemen.

Q: A U.S. Navy SEAL team recently raided what group involved in Yemen’s civil war?

A. Al Qaeda

B. Houthis

C. Islamic State

D. Saudis

A. The U.S. raid killed several al Qaeda militants but also left a Navy SEAL and several civilians dead. The Houthi rebels, Islamic State, al Qaeda, and Saudi Arabian forces backing the government are fighting each other in a war that has killed 10,000 civilians and injured another 40,000.

Q: Most of the fighting in Yemen as well as Iraq and Syria involves conflicts between . . .

A. Christians and Muslims

B. Hindus and Muslims

C. Jews and Muslims

D. Shia and Sunni Muslims

D. The two main branches of Islam - Sunni and Shia - date back to the 632 death of the Prophet Muhammad and a conflict over who would be his successor. That conflict has spawned centuries of sectarian violence.

Q: Which group is larger?

A. Shias

B. Sunnis

B. From 85 to 90 percent of the world’s Muslims are Sunni and 10 to 15 percent are Shia.