They cannot use Saudi support in Yemen as a political dig against Trump, despite his allowance of further escalation of Saudi abuses and his veto of the bipartisan bill, without implicating the Obama Administration who initiated U.S. involvement in the coalition in 2015. Criticizing Trump..…
Saudi-led coalition, backed by United States, continues to bomb Yemen and launch unlawful airstrikes that have hit homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques. Trump's veto signaled message to the people of Yemen that the profits of US arms manufacturers and Saudi- U.S..…
The defense bill includes provisions to bring about end to U.S support of Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen. Experts said Trump administration could use Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iran.. ..…
Separately, the Trump regime intends forming a military alliance to protect commercial vessels in waters bordering Iran and Yemen. . ..…
More than a dozen other countries have designated the Lebanon-based group as such, including Israel, Canada, Australia, the European Union, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. . Trump Pressure . The United States has taken..…
man collects scraps and debris from the crater left by March 15, 2016, Saudi-led bombing of Mastaba, Yemen ... Trump's first overseas visit, May 2017, was to Saudi Arabia, jaunt to strengthen the alliance against Iran and get Saudi Arabia to sign on to Trump's plans for..…
Continued U.S backing for Saudi coalition is impediment to bringing the war to end, and as long as Trump administration is prepared to indulge Saudis and Emiratis Yemen will be elusive... ..…
Yes, there are no American troops fighting on the front lines Yemen, except Trump administration has been providing logistical support and intelligence to Saudi-backed coalition that's fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. ..…
Notably, the UAE, main partner of the Saudi-led coalition, welcomed on Wednesday Trump's veto. . Frustration is growing in Yemen's rebel-held north as the prolonged war and commercial blockade are deepening pains of the residents. . ..…
President Donald Trump's veto of resolution from Congress directing him to end US support for Saudi-led Yemen... President Trump's assertion of support to Arab Coalition Yemen is positive signal of US resolve towards America's allies, for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash..…
He said there were no U.S. military personnel in Yemen accompanying the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthis, although he acknowledged that the U.S. has provided limited support to the coalition, including intelligence sharing, logistics support, and - until recently - in-flight refueling..…
The White House announced Tuesday afternoon in a statement that Trump used his second veto to keep alive US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. . The bill Trump vetoed, which would have ended US logistical support to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, passed the..…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash (pictured below) later praised Trump's decision. . . “President Trump’s assertion of support to the Arab Coalition in Yemen is a positive signal of US resolve towards America's..…
Nor are any US military personnel commanding, participating in, or accompanying forces of Saudi-led operating Yemen, ... US Senate passes Yemen resolution, refusing to back Trump's support for Saudi-led coalition... ..…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a congressional resolution calling for an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia-led coalition's war in Yemen. . In a veto statement to the Senate, Trump called the resolution 'an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my..…
“There are no United States military personnel in Yemen commanding, participating in, or accompanying military forces of the Saudi‑led coalition against the Houthis in hostilities in or affecting Yemen,” Trump said. . ..…
Sanders has run into this during the debate over U.S. involvement in the war on Yemen. The Trump administration has consistently exaggerated the importance of supporting the Saudi coalition there, and they have been inflating the supposed threat from Iran from the beginning, and so..…
It approves the resolution seeking to direct President Donald Trump to remove the U.S. troops from Yemen within 30 days and to terminate U.S. support for the coalition in the war. . ..…
Welcome to USA TODAY NETWORK’S EUROPEAN UNION EXPERIENCE . Learn More . . . . . opinion . Sanders & Lee: Congress just told Trump to get US troops out of Yemen. ..…
The US Senate on Wednesday dealt bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump's policy and his alliance with Riyadh, voting to end support for Saudi-led Yemen... ..…
Mandel Ngan AFP Activists take part in in front of White House Washington, DC, to protest against Saudi Arabia's actions Yemen on April 13, 2017... The US Senate on Wednesday dealt bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump's policy and his alliance with Riyadh, voting to end support for..…
Senate on Wednesday approved a resolution seeking to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s policy towards the kingdom. . . . ..…
WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition's war in Yemen. . The bipartisan vote Wednesday is another strong rebuke of President Donald Trump's support for Saudi Arabia, which has been a point of tension with Congress since the..…
Last month, the Trump administration threatened to veto a bid by the United States Congress to end the country’s military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition's onslaught in Yemen. . . . The Trump administration threatens to veto any anti-Saudi resolution by Congress . ..…
According to Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, Middle Eastern countries responded with confirmation of their attendance, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Israel. Significantly, President Trump is aiming to build..…
Khashoggi’s murderers, it is time for Congress to step in and impose real consequences to fundamentally re-examine our relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and with the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen,” said Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations..…
While there is plenty to criticize in War Powers Act, in this situation it was tool used by Senate coalition to require President Donald Trump to end U.S in Saudi against Yemen. ..…
The Washington Post reminds us how the Saudi coalition war on Yemen helps Al Qaeda: . Last year, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on a powerful Yemeni Islamist warlord, accusing him of being a “prominent military instructor” and fundraiser for al-Qaeda who had also at..…
A few months later, the Senate fought back against the president a second time when, in December, it voted 56-to-41 to advance a resolution demanding an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s coalition in the war in Yemen. The vote followed anger over President Trump’s continued..…
Senators voted in favor of holding a floor debate on a resolution calling for an end to direct US Armed Forces involvement in the Saudi-UAE coalition-led war on Yemen. Describing the vote as a rebuke to Saudi Arabia and the Trump Administration, AP reported on Senate dissatisfaction..…
Yemen conflict has moved into the spotlight, particularly in United States, where some lawmakers Congress pushing for end to America's military support for Saudi-led coalition. Senate voted on Wednesday to advance resolution that would force Trump administration to end U.S..…
If adopted by a veto-proof margin, the Trump regime would be congressionally ordered to end support for the so-called Saudi coalition in Yemen. . Senate floor debate and voting will follow on this issue, a resolution virtually certain to pass – despite heavy Trump regime..…
The senator from Vermont argued that Trump has blamed Iran for Yemen war, noting that Saudi-led coalition has caused the most destruction so far... Today President Trump, ment, tried to defend Saudi regime and cast doubt on CIA's conclusion that the prince was involved..…
Like Pompeo's bogus certification that Saudi coalition was making effort to reduce civilian casualties when they were not, Trump's claims about the war on Yemen were lies and insults to the intelligence of every informed person in the world. ..…
Criticism during Monday's grilling was not strong enough for the kingdom's longstanding human rights abuses, its fantasy reforms, Khashoggi murder, and most important the alliance with Washington's orchestrated Yemen and support for terrorist groups it claims to be combatting.. The..…
Atwan believes that Arab Nato will play the role that PGCC countries and other Arab states played during Western wars on Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen.. Western media reported July that Trump administration was pushing ahead with bid to create security and alliance with six..…
. * Pakistan: Imran Khan New PM & Saviour * Turkey Crisis: Qatar to the Rescue * Yemen: War Crimes by Saudi/Emerati Coalition . ... United States/Iran: Trump Indulges His ‘Sanctions Mania’ . August 15, 2018 . . . * Pakistan: Imran Khan Poised to Govern * Yemen: Saudis..…
By all parties with impunity, Civilians and infrastructure hospitals, school buses and mills continue to be hit, by the UN group of eminent experts on Yemen... U.N. previously reported that the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for the majority of civilian casualties Yemen..…
. * Pakistan: Imran Khan New PM & Saviour * Turkey Crisis: Qatar to the Rescue * Yemen: War Crimes by Saudi/Emerati Coalition . ... United States/Iran: Trump Indulges His ‘Sanctions Mania’ . August 15, 2018 . . . * Pakistan: Imran Khan Poised to Govern * Yemen: Saudis..…
In sign of new willingness by Trump's administration to challenge Saudis on Yemen issue, ment Tuesday that called out Saudi-led coalition. Trump administration has been engaged in ongoing nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia all year aimed at striking agreement, known as a..…
Although the U.S. has lent support to the Saudi kingdom’s coalition in Yemen, President Donald Trump’s administration has intensified American military airstrikes against the al-Qaeda group this month. . ..…