Yemen conflict likely to hurt US goalsMATT APUZZOADAM GOLDMAN
The U.S. and U.K. missile launch on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen was the culmination of weeks of warnings for the group to cease their attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
After seizing Yemen's capital, Sanaa, in 2014, the Houthis ransacked government arsenals, which held Soviet-era Scud missiles and other arms. As the Saudi-led coalition entered Yemen's conflict in 2015, the Houthis arsenal was increasingly targeted. Soon — and despite Yemen having no indigen...
Pompeo acknowledged that “these designations will have an impact on the humanitarian situation” but implied it was a price worth paying in “advancing efforts to achieve a peaceful, sovereign, and united Yemen that is both free from Iranian interference and at peace with its neighbors.” In o...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging tothe Iranian-backed rebels, U.S. officials confirmed. Military aircraft and warships bombed Houthi strongholds...
"We are prepared for a long-term conflict with the despotic forces," he stated. "The Americans, the British, and anyone who coordinates with them. They must understand the power of independent Yemen's decision, and that there is no dispute about that,"Maarivquoted al-Attifi as saying. ...
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