SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's Shiite rebels said Monday that they will halt rocket fire into Saudi Arabia for the sake of peace efforts, answering a key Saudi demand in the latest push to stop the civil war in the Arab world's poorest country. But the rebels also said they had...
As Thanksgiving Arrives, US Abets the Starving of Yemeni Children: Editorial
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Amal Hussein, the Yemeni girl in the photo accompanying this editorial, recently died of severe malnutrition. Mariam Ali, Amal's mother, told the Associated Press that she was walking in the rain for more than an hour to reach a health center when her daughter died...
Republicans Join Democrats in Wanting US Out of Yemen
The push to end American support of the civil war in Yemen is gaining bipartisan traction in Congress. The legislation introduced Sept. 26 includes three Republican co-sponsors: Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Walter Jones of North Carolina, and Raul Labrador of Idaho. “Congress never authorized military action in Yemen as our...
Yemen's Shiite Rebels Welcome UN Call for Saudi Strike Probe
SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's Shiite rebels on Friday backed a U.N. call for a probe into a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in the country's north that killed dozens of people the previous day, including many children, in an attack that drew wide international criticism. Senior Yemeni rebel leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi...