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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., attends a news conference, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in Washington. Ryan is rejecting President Donald Trump's assertion an official government death toll for last year’s hurricane in Puerto Rico is wrong. The Wisconsin Republican says he has "no reason to dispute" a study that found nearly 3,000 people on the island died from Hurricane Maria last year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Republicans' First Big Post-Midterms Move: Keep U.S. In Yemen's Vicious Civil War
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Speaker Paul Ryan used the first vote of his last months in Congress to defend American military assistance to Saudi Arabia.
Saudi King Salman shakes hands with the U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Ryan is leading a Congressional delegation to the Middle East, traveling with five Republican members of congress and one Democrat. A statement by Ryan’s office says his talks in the Middle East “will focus on regional stability, the campaign against ISIS and terrorism, and Iranian aggression.” (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Republicans Launch Surprise Bid To Prevent Debate On U.S. Support For Bloody Saudi War
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Their two-pronged effort relies on votes Tuesday and Wednesday. The first went their way, but opponents feel energized.
Rep. Barbara Lee speaks during the "Progressive While Black" breakout session at the Netroots Nation annual conference for political progressives in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry
Reuters
POLITICS
Democrats Want To Take On The War In Afghanistan If They Win The House
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
A long fight by lawmakers like Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is set to go mainstream, and an antiwar push on Yemen soon after the midterms could show how.
VIDEOS
Trump’s Travel Ban Is Forcing This American Mother to Move to Yemen to Reunite with Her Husband
“I don't want to go to a different country. I want to live in my country. Why am I forced to now leave my own home because of this racism and this fear?” Sondos al-Silwi is planning to move to Yemen so that she and her infant daughter can be with her husband. Why? Because of Trump’s Travel Ban.
Des manifestants portant des masques de Donald Trump et du prince saoudien Mohammed ben Salmane rassemblés devant la Maison Blanche pour demander justice dans la disparition du journaliste saoudien Jamal Khashoggi, le 19 octobre 2018 à Washington
Des manifestants portant des masques de Donald Trump et du prince saoudien Mohammed ben Salmane rassemblés devant la Maison Blanche pour demander justice dans la disparition du journaliste saoudien Jamal Khashoggi, le 19 octobre 2018 à Washington|MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
POLITICS
Trump Buys The Saudi Line On Jamal Khashoggi. Congress Doesn't Have To.
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Lawmakers can take key steps immediately, and vital votes are on the horizon.
"Se la situazione persiste potremmo avere ulteriori 3.5 milioni yemeniti in stato di insicurezza alimentare e quasi 12 milioni in tutto che avranno bisogno con urgenza di sostegno per il cibo ed evitare che periscano di fame" lo ha riferito il portavoce del WFP (ONU).
Euronews
WORLD NEWS
How The Khashoggi Scandal Looks When You've Been Bombed And Starved By Saudi Arabia For Years
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
The journalist’s disappearance triggered a massive global backlash against Saudi Arabia. Its bloody war in Yemen never has.
A displaced Yemeni boy from the border area of Hiran with Saudi Arabia sits at an improvised camp for displaced people in the northern province of Hajjah on August 29, 2018. - A Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen today dismissed as inaccurate a report by UN investigators that highlighted possible war crimes in the conflict-torn country including deadly air strikes by the alliance. (Photo by ESSA AHMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read ESSA AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
How Saudi Money Keeps Washington At War In Yemen
By TomDispatch, Editorial Partner
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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A Yemeni boy lies in the hospital after he was injured by an airstrike in Saada, Yemen August 9, 2018./REUTERS/Naif Rahma
Naif Rahma / Reuters
POLITICS
House Democrats Launch New Challenge To Trump-Backed War In Yemen
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) officially announced the effort on Thursday.
Mourners attend a funeral of people, mainly children, killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in northern Yemen, in Saada, Yemen August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Naif Rahma
Naif Rahma / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Saudi-led Coalition Admits 'Mistakes' In Yemen Airstrike That Killed 40 Children
By Mary Papenfuss
The United Nations has warned that such attacks "may amount to war crimes."
Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be four or five, sits on a bed at a hospital after she survived a Saudi-led air strike that killed eight of her family members in Sanaa, Yemen August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah SEARCH "STRIKE MANSOUR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Some Saudi-Led Airstrikes In Yemen May Be War Crimes, UN Experts Say
By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Coalition forces have imposed severe restrictions on Red Sea ports and Sanaa airport, depriving Yemenis of vital supplies which may also constitute international crimes, the independent experts said.
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BUSINESS
Lockheed Martin's #WorldPhotoDay Tweet Backfires
By Carla Herreria
The since-deleted tweet came days after reports identified a Lockheed Martin bomb as one used in an attack on a Yemen school bus.
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A doctor treats children injured by an airstrike in Saada, Yemen August 9, 2018./REUTERS/Naif Rahma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Naif Rahma / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Dozens, Including Bus Full Of Children, In Yemen
By Aziz El Yaakoub, Reuters
“Scores killed, even more injured, most under the age of 10," said an aid agency official.
Rowaida Abdelaziz / HuffPost
POLITICS
Trump's Muslim Ban Is Forcing Some Americans To Move To War-Torn Countries To Reunite With Their Families
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
These American families have to make bleak decisions: abandon loved ones or live in exile.
American flag and barbed wire, USA border
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POLITICS
Yemeni-American Dies By Suicide After Trump Travel Ban Bars His Family
By Mary Papenfuss
His tragic death underscores the toll of harsh immigration policies.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 29: Waddah Aldailami poses for photos in Bay Ridge, New York on June 29, 2018. (Photo by Damon Dahlen/HuffPost) *** Local Caption ***
Damon Dahlen/HuffPost
POLITICS
Trump May Deport 1,200 People To Yemen As The U.S. Bombs The Country
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
The Homeland Security Department will soon decide whether to end temporary protected status for Yemenis in America.
Yemeni pro-government fighters arrive in al-Durayhimi district, about nine kilometres south of Hodeidah international airport on June 13, 2018. - Yemeni forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive on June 13 to retake the rebel-held Red Sea port city of Hodeida, pressing toward the airport south of the city. The port serves as the entry point for 70 percent of the impoverished country's imports as it teeters on the brink of famine. (Photo by NABIL HASSAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read NABIL HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
UN Security Council To Meet Over Arab Attack On Crucial Yemen Port
By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Mokashef, Reuters
The port in Hodeidah is the main lifeline for food aid to a country where 8.4 million people are on the verge of starvation.
Yemenis walk and look through debris and rubble at a destroyed gas station that was hit by an airstrike in the district of Abs in the northwestern Hajjah province, on April 24, 2018. (Photo by ESSA AHMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read ESSA AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Saudi Coalition Air Strikes Kill At Least 20 At Yemen Wedding
The Western-backed alliance has been fighting in the war, which has killed more than 10,000 people, for three years.
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.
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