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It’s Time to Defend the Saudi-Led Coalition’s War in Yemen
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BY: CLAIRE FINKELSTEIN AND NICHOLAS SAIDEL
The war on Yemen is a humanitarian catastrophe, with an average of 123 civilians killed or wounded every week and at least 14 million people at risk of starvation. The Saudi-led…
The impact of the war on Yemeni citizens
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By: Mona Zaid
Four years of “mind-boggling violence” in Yemen “has not spared a single Yemeni citizen. In Yemen today, the Yemenis continue to live in 31 active conflict zones including Hudaydah, Taiz, Hajjah and…
The complete failure of Washington and Riyadh in Yemen
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues. Famine has spread across Yemen. Meanwhile, the United States, and Germany, Britain and France as its allies continue to maintain arms support for the…
Can These Senators Prevail Over UAE-Saudi Lobby for War?
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By: JAMES ALLEN AND MASHAL HASHEM
Next week the Senate is poised to pass a historic resolution to exert Congress’s war authorizing powers and to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the…
How the War in Yemen Could End in a Matter of Days?
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By: Reese Erlich
The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has intensified Washington’s debate over the war in Yemen. On February 13, by a 248-177 vote, the House of Representatives passed a War Powers Act…
Why they Keep Silent about Normalization at the Warsaw Conference, Led by Khalid al-Yamani?
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From the memory
By: Minister Daifullah al-Shami
In 2000, al-Aqsa Intifada, which stirred the feelings of Muslims all over the world, was exploited by some political parties in Yemen to raise funds in behalf of the…
Yemen’s War Is a Mercenary Heaven. Are Israelis Reaping the Profits?
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By: Zvi Bar'el
“If Iran tries to block the Bab al-Mandab strait, I’m sure it will find itself facing an international coalition determined to prevent it. This coalition will include all Israel’s army branches as well,”…
Yemen’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Keeps Getting Worse
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By: Daniel Larison
The latest report on Yemen from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) details the horrifying conditions there:
An estimated 80 per cent of the population – 24 million…
Rep. Amash Calls Out Dangerous Loopholes in Yemen War Bill and Offers Remedy
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By: Whitney Webb
Though it is similar to H.J. Res 37, Amash’s new bill contains neither dubious loopholes nor implicit expansions of the executive branch’s power to wage war unilaterally without express congressional approval.…
Antiwar Yemen Resolution Is Expected to Pass Today
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By: DANIEL LARISON
The new version of the House antiwar resolution on Yemen, H.J.Res. 37, is set to pass later today:
The Democrat-led House is voting Wednesday on Khanna’s bill to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led…