Their resolution calls for an immediate end to informal U.S. military involvement in the conflict, which includes targeting assistance and mid-air refueling for Saudi coalition warplanes conducting airstrikes in Yemen.
President Donald Trump has called for the end to the blockade of Yemen, yet so far Saudi Arabia has failed to do so.
In early 2015, President Hadi would flee to Saudi Arabia, maintaining he was the legitimate leader of Yemen, and Saudi airstrikes would begin.
In the intervening years, the U.S. has informally stepped in to support the Saudi-led coalition while Iran has begun giving aid to the rebels, seeing Yemen as an opportunity to expand their regional influence through yet another proxy, right on Saudi Arabia's doorstep.
While U.S. disengagement from Saudi Arabia's military campaign is an important first step in ending the humanitarian crisis, the U.S. and its international partners must force the Gulf States and Iran into negotiations in order to truly to see an end to the unspeakable human suffering in Yemen and various proxy wars in the region.
The United States has the leverage to pressure our ally Saudi Arabia to work on an agreement in Yemen and guide them to play a stabilizing and constructive role in the Middle East, which would benefit all of the region's peoples.
As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to visit the United States from March 19-22, the president and policy makers he meets with should press him on long-term solutions on how to end the humanitarian crisis and war in Yemen.
http://thehill.com/opinion/international/377554-the-us-has-the-leverage-to-end-the-senseless-suffering-in-yemen
President Donald Trump has called for the end to the blockade of Yemen, yet so far Saudi Arabia has failed to do so.
In early 2015, President Hadi would flee to Saudi Arabia, maintaining he was the legitimate leader of Yemen, and Saudi airstrikes would begin.
In the intervening years, the U.S. has informally stepped in to support the Saudi-led coalition while Iran has begun giving aid to the rebels, seeing Yemen as an opportunity to expand their regional influence through yet another proxy, right on Saudi Arabia's doorstep.
While U.S. disengagement from Saudi Arabia's military campaign is an important first step in ending the humanitarian crisis, the U.S. and its international partners must force the Gulf States and Iran into negotiations in order to truly to see an end to the unspeakable human suffering in Yemen and various proxy wars in the region.
The United States has the leverage to pressure our ally Saudi Arabia to work on an agreement in Yemen and guide them to play a stabilizing and constructive role in the Middle East, which would benefit all of the region's peoples.
As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to visit the United States from March 19-22, the president and policy makers he meets with should press him on long-term solutions on how to end the humanitarian crisis and war in Yemen.
http://thehill.com/opinion/international/377554-the-us-has-the-leverage-to-end-the-senseless-suffering-in-yemen
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