Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Guardian published three accounts from Yemeni aid workers working with the Norwegian Refugee Council about their experience of the war and the humanitarian crisis. This comes from Marwan Al-Sabri, a 32-year old...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.A State Department official restated that the administration very much wants to continue backing the Saudi coalition war on Yemen:“There are pressures in our system … to either withdraw from the conflict or...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Tony Badran takes another crack at justifyingTrump’s subservience to Saudi Arabia. Inevitably, this means telling lots of lies about Iran and Yemen:The lead paragraph of Trump’s statement identifies Iran’s...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.A forthcoming documentary accuses the Saudi and Emirati governments of passing weapons purchased from the U.S., Britain, and other Western governments to militias in Yemen in violation of the agreements governing those...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Senate didn’t go for Pompeo and Mattis’ sales pitch for the war on Yemen on Wednesday. That’s because it was filled with dishonest nonsense like this:Iran’s regime has no interest in easing Yemeni suffering; the...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration bows before the Saudis once more over the war on Yemen:The US has “slammed the brakes on” a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a limited ceasefire and increased...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Iranians’ access to medicine is being choked off by the Trump administration’s illegitimate reimposition of sanctions:The number of European and Iranian banks conducting such transactions has dwindled,...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The fighting in Yemen has killed at least 57,000 people, and the real death toll is likely much higher:The database gives an indication of the scope of the disaster wreaked in Yemen by nearly four years of civil war. At...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.John Bolton used a vindictive WWI-era slogan while threatening Iran with harsh sanctions enforcement:The U.S. intends to double down on sanctioning Iran, pressuring the nation until it submits, National Security Adviser...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration’s Yemen policy is already indefensible, and they may be about to make it even worse:The Trump administration is considering designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels a terrorist...
