A staggering 70 percent of the population in Yemen — 20 million people — are facing acute food insecurity raging from minimal to catastrophic levels, marking a 15 percent increase from last year, the United Nations humanitarian chief revealed on Monday, echoing a recent inter-agency report issued by the international body’s aid divisions.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered an address in which he pushed for a “new liberal order” on the world stage to confront China, Russia, and Iran.
In a sit-down interview alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) told Kasie Hunt of MSNBC’s “Kasie DC” that he is “feeling the Bern” in regards to the failed 2016 Democratic presidential candidate advocating for the United States
The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), after a months-long hiatus, resurrected its al Masra newspaper this week, featuring a front-page story accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) of murdering Jamal Khashoggi and blasting “rattlesnake” President Donald Trump for protecting the Sunni kingdom’s top royal.
The G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday and Saturday could be the scene of a few momentous encounters as world leaders meet – or refuse to meet – and major strategic conflicts play out. Here are five things to watch for as the summit unfolds.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 63-37 to advance a bill to withdraw U.S. military support from a Saudi-led coalition fighting the war in Yemen.
Argentina is considering charging Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) with war crimes and torture when he visits Buenos Aires for the G-20 summit this week, the Guardian claimed on Monday.
China’s ambassador to Tehran told Iranian officials on Sunday that Beijing is seeking a role in ending the Yemen war, potentially using its status as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to take action to settle the dispute.
Dropping U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen might make politicians in Washington feel good about taking a stand for human rights. Yet doing so would also mean surrendering Yemen to Iranian control.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said there was now a “chance to get a majority of the United States Senate” to stop American support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Partial transcript as follows: BRENNAN: Well
President Donald Trump has endured blistering criticism from the media and from his political opponents in both parties over his statement earlier this week expressing support for Saudi Arabia, even in the wake of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Rep.
Lawmakers and foreign policy experts gathered in Washington, DC on Thursday for a day-long conference to discuss the need for a more restrained American foreign policy.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said at a conference in Washington, DC, last week that he is beginning to see a “right-left” coalition movement of those who want to restrain or end wars that are being waged by the U.S. but unauthorized by Congress.
A senior leader of the Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen on Monday said the Shiite terrorists would stop bombing targets inside Saudi Arabia for the sake of United Nations-backed peace efforts that have failed in the past, marking the first sign of hope for the latest push to end the war that has been raging for more than three years.
The American Conservative magazine will host an event on Thursday in Washington to assess Trump’s foreign policy two years after he was elected.
At a press briefing on Tuesday hosted by spokeswoman Heather Nauert, the State Department emphasized how much support Iran provides to terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to stop refueling Saudi Arabian warplanes bombing Iran-allied Shiite Houthi terrorists in Yemen, the Pentagon and Sunni kingdom declared this weekend.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering branding the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), the Washington Post (WaPo) reported on Thursday.
Contents: Yemen war violence intensifies as 30-day ceasefire deadline approaches; The Jamal Khashoggi murder changes the direction of the Yemen war
Mattis and Pompeo signaled Tuesday that U.S. patience has run out on supporting a Saudi-led coalition in a war in Yemen.
Pakistan is serving as a mediator between regional enemies Saudi Arabia and Iran in efforts to end their proxy war in Yemen currently fueling a humanitarian crisis that has killed at least 10,000 people, Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed on Wednesday night.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed Saudi Arabia murdered Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi with the approval and “protection” of the United States.
The Washington Post on Tuesday published the final column submitted by Jamal Khashoggi’s assistant before Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. He has not been seen or heard from since.
The diplomatic crisis over Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul does not appear to have damaged the Sunni Arab alliance led by Saudi Arabia.
President Donald Trump on Saturday hit out at countries that rely on the U.S. “subsidizing” their military capabilities, pointing to Saudi Arabia, as well as Japan and South Korea as culprits. In doing so he linked them to NATO allies in Europe that rely on U.S. defense capabilities while neglecting their own.
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, during his speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, accused state-sponsor of terrorism Iran of trafficking illegal drugs into Yemen to fund the its proxy Houthi rebels.
Iran-allied Shiite Houthi rebels fighting against the Saudi- and Emirati-backed government in Yemen have repeatedly committed atrocities that may amount to “war crimes” including torture and enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday.
About 70 percent of girls in Yemen are forced to marry before they reach the age of 18 as “a coping strategy” against the “worsening” humanitarian crisis in the country driven by hunger and disease, a United Nations official declared on Monday.
Congress must seize war-making authority back from the executive branch in order to reduce U.S. involvement in misguided wars.
Contents: Saudis in Yemen cut the supply routes from Hodeidah seaport to Sanaa; Turkey, desperate to stop Syrian Idlib offensive, is supplying weapons to rebels
Seventeen years after it perpetrated the September 11 terrorist attack, al-Qaeda is arguably stronger and better-positioned than ever.
The Committee for Responsible Foreign Policy will host an event this week examining the role of constitutional war powers.
The anonymous op-ed penned by a White House senior official and published by the New York Times is another gutless and pathetic attempt by the neanderthal Never Trump neocon wing of the open border Republicans to get their swamp back.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday reached for the language of behavioral psychology to denounce US policy toward the Tehran regime.
Contents: Saudis target women and children in Yemen to make them ‘shiver’ for generations; US Military under pressure to end support of Saudis in Yemen
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired four missiles at Saudi Arabia during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. The Saudi military reports it intercepted all four missiles.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) on Wednesday published some educational materials distributed by the Iran-supported Houthi insurgents in Yemen. The level of vicious anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism fed to children by the Houthis may come as a surprise to American news consumers who think of them as merely a political or tribal insurgency.
A high-ranking U.S. official confirmed Monday that a U.S. drone strike took down al-Qaeda’s “most sophisticated” bomb maker in Yemen in 2017.
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca known as the Hajj, which observant Muslims are supposed to make at least once during their lives, officially begins on August 19. Mecca is located in Saudi Arabia, which is currently embroiled in serious disputes with Muslim nations such as Qatar, Iran, and Yemen, as well as Western countries with Muslim citizens who wish to make the pilgrimage, most notably Canada.
Yemen’s Iranian backed Shiite Houthi rebels supported a call by the United Nations for an investigation into the legality of recent Saudi airstrikes as the humanitarian toll in Yemen continues to rise.
