Why is Biden selling weapons to a country that helped make Yemen a ‘hell hole’?
The president seems fine with keeping the Middle East awash in US arms, one of many strikes against this $23B UAE deal.
The president seems fine with keeping the Middle East awash in US arms, one of many strikes against this $23B UAE deal.
We cannot accept at face value that the US and Saudi Arabia are committed to peace when their actions demonstrate the opposite.
The Saudi “Operation Decisive Storm” was anything but, and now the only way they can end this is through diplomacy.
The US envoy says the situation is ‘complex.’ Meanwhile people are in crisis because food and medicine cannot get through.
Though it might look good to Washington, the Houthis have the upper hand and boast more leverage over conditions now.
Because the Houthis are currently on the offensive, it will be difficult for the U.S. leadership to incentivize them to lay down their arms.
Riyadh has delayed and prevented food, medicine, and fuel from getting into the war-torn country since 2015.
US arms sales that prop up the war in Yemen are just the tip of the iceberg.
The Emirates’ drawdown from its base in Eritrea comes as Biden is re-evaluating the U.S. commitment to the War in Yemen.
Boris Johnson should follow Joe Biden’s lead on Yemen if he wants his ‘Global Britain’ agenda to have any credibility.
Emboldened, the EU parliament passed measures that go way farther than even the Biden administration has gone.
The pending $23 billion deal to the Emirates threaten to fuel conflict in Yemen and Libya and reward bad behavior.
This war is much older than the U.S. or even Saudi involvement in it. Biden’s new envoy has his work cut out for him.
There must be a commitment to bringing the insurgents to the table — and stopping foreign support for warring parties.
Aside from big news on Yemen, this turned out to be more of a pep talk, making what sounded like a vigorous case for the pre-Trump status quo.
The 2011 uprisings lacked a transnational movement strong enough to challenge powerful despots and their friends in Washington.
It may be temporary, but now’s the time for critics to start throwing up road blocks while they have the chance.
A new report from the European Parliament highlights areas of mutual interest.
Let the record show: Trump poured fuel on our endless wars and kicked diplomacy to the curb.
The outgoing secretary of state spent his final days planting booby traps and ensuring his own political future.
No one has yet taken responsibility but the attack has shaken the fragile new cabinet to the core.