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CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrives the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Yuri Gripas / Reuters
POLITICS
Congress Should Ask Mike Pompeo About Torture In Yemen
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
A U.S. ally reportedly electrocuted prisoners and packed them into metal containers. Pompeo kept working with that nation.
King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. An airport with more than 23.000.000 passenger traffic in 2016 and hub for Saudia and Flynas. The airport consists 5 passenger terminals, with 3 of them being functional at the moment. There are flights connecting KSA to Europe, America, Asia, Middle East and Africa. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
1 Dead After Houthi Rebels Fire Missile At Saudi Arabian Airport
By Sarah Dadouch, Marwa Rashad, Mostafa Hashem and Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Saudi news agency SPA reports that an Egyptian resident is dead as a result of seven missiles fired into the country from Yemen.
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by ?Vice President Mike Pence? (L) and Energy Secretary Rick Perry (R), hosts Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a working lunch at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
POLITICS
Trump Administration To Approve $1 Billion Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia
By Nick Visser and Nick Robins-Early
The deal includes more than 6,700 missiles.
People carry water tanks as they walk at the site of damage after a Saudi-led air strike, north of YemenÕs capital Sanaa, March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
Mohamed Al-Sayaghi/Reuters
POLITICS
In Tight Vote, Senate Bucks Bernie And Allows U.S. Role In Yemen War To Continue
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
10 Democrats aligned with most Republicans to kill the Sanders proposal. But it got more support than expected, and activists say it's given them momentum.
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A Yemeni boy lies in the hospital after he was injured by air strikes in Saada, Yemen March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Naif Rahma TEMPLATE OUT
Naif Rahma / Reuters
POLITICS
Pentagon To Senate: We Can't Know If U.S. Fuel Helps Saudi Arabia Kill Civilians In Yemen
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
A private Defense Department document shared with HuffPost absolves the U.S. of responsibility for airstrikes the U.N. says have killed thousands.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends the Annual Horse Race ceremony, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 30, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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OPINION
Saudi Crown Prince Must Answer For Atrocities In Yemen
By Kristine Beckerle, Guest Writer
The United States has supported Saudi Arabia in the Yemen conflict from the very beginning.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) (C) listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and congressional members in the Cabinet Room of the White House February 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump held a meeting with congressional members to discuss trade. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
GOP Senator Long Critical Of Yemen War Now Helping Trump Block Debate On It
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) crafted an alternative bill they call pragmatic. Peace groups believe it threatens confrontation with Iran.
A girl displaced by the war in the northwestern areas of Yemen eats outside her family's makeshift hut on a street in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, Yemen December 25, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD / Reuters
POLITICS
Activists Rally Behind Bipartisan Effort To Have Senate Vote On Brutal Yemen War
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is stepping up its fight against the bill, planning a special classified briefing on Yemen for all senators next week.
U.S. President Donald Trump bids farewell before he and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One to depart for Israel from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
POLITICS
Legal Scholars Trash Pentagon's Effort To Prevent Senate Debate On Yemen War
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
HuffPost obtained a letter the experts sent today to Senate leaders McConnell and Schumer.
US President Donald Trump joins dancers with swords at a welcome ceremony ahead of a banquet at the Murabba Palace in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Bernie Sanders And Mike Lee Want A Fight With The Saudis. Trump’s Working To Stop Them.
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
The senators are trying to force an up-or-down vote on U.S. support for a brutal Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
WORLD NEWS
Yemen PR Wars: Saudi Arabia Employs U.K./U.S. Firms To Push Multi-Billion Dollar Aid Plan
By IRIN, Editorial Partner
The Sana’a Center’s al-Muslimi said the plan was obviously an attempt to garner good press, and one that didn’t “come out of the ether.”
Members of a family displaced by war in the northwestern areas of Yemen sit in their makeshift hut on a street in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, Yemen December 24, 2017. Picture taken December 24, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Norway Suspends Arms Sales To United Arab Emirates Over Yemen War
By Terje Solsvik, Reuters
Norway's Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday the country has suspended exports of weapons and ammunition to the UAE.
A Syrian boy pushes a bicycle down a street amidst the destruction following reported shelling by Syrian government forces, in the rebel-held town of Douma in Syria's eastern Ghouta region, on November 17, 2017. Shelling by the Syrian regime on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, which has been besieged since 2013 and where humanitarian conditions are dire, killed at least 10 civilians, among them six children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The deaths were the result of the latest bout in an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat attacks between regime forces and the rebels holding the enclave on the Syrian capital's eastern outskirts. / AFP PHOTO / Hamza Al-Ajweh (Photo credit should read HAMZA AL-AJWEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
10 Humanitarian Crises To Look Out For In 2018
By IRIN, Contributor
News agency specialised in reporting humanitarian crises.
  The raging conflict has had disastrous impacts on Afghan civilians. Last year saw civilian casualties soar to near record
SANA’A, YEMEN – DECEMBER 21: Yemeni children hold pictures of victims of airstrikes as they take part in a rally staged against the ongoing 1000-day war on Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition outside the United Nations Office on December 21, 2017 in Sana’a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
U.S. Politicians Can Afford To Grow A Spine On Saudi Arabia
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Five Democrats helped save an arms deal with the kingdom pushed by President Trump. It doesn't have to be this way.
A view of a destroyed house at the site of air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen December 26, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill 109 Civilians In Yemen In 10 Days
“These incidents prove the complete disregard for human life that all parties, including the Saudi-led Coalition, continue to show in this absurd war."
A woman sits with her sons while they are treated at a cholera treatment center in Sanaa, Yemen October 8, 2017. Picture taken October 8, 2017.REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Yemen Hits Terrible Milestone: 1 Million Cholera Cases
Due to the country's civil war, more than 80 percent of the population lacks food, fuel, clean water and access to healthcare.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley briefs the media in front of remains of Iranian "Qiam" ballistic missile provided by Pentagon at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Yuri Gripas / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Nikki Haley Slams Iran’s Role In Yemen War, Neglects To Mention U.S. Part In Humanitarian Crisis
By Jesselyn Cook
“They are allowing missiles like this to be fired over to innocent civilians,” she said, standing in front of part of a rocket.
A malnourished Yemeni child receives treatment at a hospital in the capital Sanaa on November 22, 2017. The United Nations has warned that war-wracked Yemen faces a mass famine unless aid deliveries are allowed to enter the impoverished country. Some 17 million Yemenis are in desperate need of food, seven million of whom are at risk of famine, according to UN figures. The UN said in August that more than 20 million people are at risk from famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and the northeast of Nigeria. / AFP PHOTO / Mohammed HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Saudi Arabia's Leader Spent $450 Million On A Painting. Here's What That Could Do For Victims Of His War In Yemen.
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
20.7 million people need some kind of aid in Yemen. Those dollars could feed them all for more than a month.
Huthi rebel fighters inspect the damage after a reported air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition targeted the presidential palace in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 5, 2017. Saudi-led warplanes pounded the rebel-held capital before dawn after the rebels killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh as he fled the city following the collapse of their uneasy alliance, residents said. / AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
'No One Is Safe': Violence Soars In Yemen After Death Of Former Dictator
By Jesselyn Cook
The civilian population already faced the prospect of widespread famine.
Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh gives a speech addressing his supporters during a rally as his political party, the General People's Congress, marks 35 years since its founding, at Sabaeen Square in the capital Sanaa on August 24, 2017. The rally comes amid reports that armed supporters of Saleh and the head of the country's Huthi rebels, who have been allied against the Saudi-backed government since 2014, had spread throughout the capital as tensions are rising between the two sides. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
The Dictator Whose Hunger For Power Helped Tear Yemen Apart Is Dead
By Nick Robins-Early
Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed after decades of manipulating the country's politics for his own gain.
A malnourished Yemeni child receives treatment at a hospital in the capital Sanaa on November 22, 2017. The United Nations has warned that war-wracked Yemen faces a mass famine unless aid deliveries are allowed to enter the impoverished country. Some 17 million Yemenis are in desperate need of food, seven million of whom are at risk of famine, according to UN figures. The UN said in August that more than 20 million people are at risk from famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and the northeast of Nigeria. / AFP PHOTO / Mohammed HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Aid Workers And Medical Supplies Trickle Into Yemen As Saudis Ease Blockade
A nearly three-week military blockade has left about 7 million people facing famine.
A Yemeni girl drinks water collected from a well in an impoverished village on the outskirts of the port city of Hodeidah, on July 23, 2017, as the region has been facing acute water shortages due to drought conditions. / AFP PHOTO / Abdo HYDER (Photo credit should read ABDO HYDER/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
2.5 Million Yemenis Lack Access To Clean Water: Red Cross
A Saudi-led coalition is cutting off supplies to vulnerable Yemenis, the Red Cross said Monday.
SANAA, YEMEN - NOVEMBER 20: A malnourished baby receives medical treatment at al Sabeen Maternal Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen on Universal Children's Day on November 20, 2017. Millions of children around the world live outside the countries where they born or internally displaced in their countries due to war, conflicts and hunger. In Yemen, where one of the world's greatest humanitarian crises is experienced, every 10 minutes a child under 5 years old loses his/her life in average. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Unconstitutional War And Saudis’ Mass Starvation Of Yemen Faces Growing Opposition In Washington
By Mark Weisbrot, Contributor
Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
The famine and shortages of medicine result from the Saudis deliberately blockading Yemeni ports.
Terence Krey
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Why Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Rapid Ascent Has Broader Implications
In Saudi Arabia, the ruling elites have been rocked by a purge orchestrated by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
A boy is being treated at a malnutrition treatment center in Sanaa, Yemen November 4, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
POLITICS
Obama, Trump And Saudi Arabia Devastated Yemen. Congress Is Acting. Slowly.
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
After tough negotiations with GOP and Democratic leaders, critics of the military intervention got their first chance to debate it in the House.
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