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War in Yemen has killed at least 10,000 people and endangered millions more. Now questions are being raised on Capitol Hill and inside the State Department about U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition, and whether Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are doing enough to limit or prevent civilian killings. Nick Schifrin talks with...
... and imprisoned opponents. The rebels also often attempt cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia and have targeted the kingdom's vessels in the Red Sea. Yemen's civil war pitting the coalition against the Houthis has been raging since March 2015. The coalition backs Yemen's internationally recognized government of ...
Secretary of Defense James Mattis held a rare, on-camera press briefing today, fielding questions on Yemen, North Korea and the trans-Atlantic alliance. In Europe, meanwhile, top leaders voiced renewed concern about the outlook for their relationship with the U.S. Foreign affairs correspondent Nick Schifrin joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the three policy areas, including how...
More than 22 million people -- three-quarters of the population -- in Yemen are in need of aid, according to Guterres. Earlier this month, an airstrike hit a school bus driving through a market in a rebel stronghold in northern Yemen, killing dozens, including 40 children. The Saudi-led coalition said ...
... to work with them." Three experts working for the U.N.'s Human Rights Council said in a report this week that the governments of Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia may have been responsible for war crimes during 3½ years of fighting against rebels there. Last week ...
... investigate. But, listen, two years on, that coalition body has not credibly investigated. So, the question I really think is, how many more children in Yemen basically need to die, how many more buses need to be bombed, weddings bombed, before the U.S. realizes that calling on the coalition ...
... their missile attacks on the kingdom are in retaliation for air raids on Yemen by the Western-backed coalition. The U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has been pushing to bring the warring parties to restart peace talks. He recently announced plans to invite Yemen's warring parties ...
Eight million people in Yemen are on the brink of famine. They are in pre-famine conditions, as the U.N. says. If the fighting does enter that city, and the port stops being able to bring in those food supplies, then Yemen could very easily tip into a massive ...
MORE: Yemen’s spiraling hunger crisis is a man-made disaster Those with the status generally have permission to work and can travel outside the U.S. and return. Countries are added to the list as circumstances warrant, with renewals coming usually around every 18 months. While some countries have ...
... told us to go out. The Houthis made trenches. My house is next to the sea and the battles are there. Jane Ferguson: Millions of Yemenis are just like him, living in fear of the battle raging near their homes or an airstrike killing them and their families. Both the ...
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