Originally appeared on The American Conservative.A forthcoming documentary accuses the Saudi and Emirati governments of passing weapons purchased from the U.S., Britain, and other Western governments to militias in Yemen in violation of the agreements governing those...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Senate didn’t go for Pompeo and Mattis’ sales pitch for the war on Yemen on Wednesday. That’s because it was filled with dishonest nonsense like this:Iran’s regime has no interest in easing Yemeni suffering; the...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration bows before the Saudis once more over the war on Yemen:The US has “slammed the brakes on” a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a limited ceasefire and increased...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Iranians’ access to medicine is being choked off by the Trump administration’s illegitimate reimposition of sanctions:The number of European and Iranian banks conducting such transactions has dwindled,...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The fighting in Yemen has killed at least 57,000 people, and the real death toll is likely much higher:The database gives an indication of the scope of the disaster wreaked in Yemen by nearly four years of civil war. At...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.John Bolton used a vindictive WWI-era slogan while threatening Iran with harsh sanctions enforcement:The U.S. intends to double down on sanctioning Iran, pressuring the nation until it submits, National Security Adviser...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration’s Yemen policy is already indefensible, and they may be about to make it even worse:The Trump administration is considering designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels a terrorist...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.After two years reckless and irresponsible Trump administration foreign policy, the new Democratic House majority is in a position to provide greater oversight and scrutiny of the president’s policies:A...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Michael Horton is similarly skeptical about Mattis and Pompeo’s calls for a ceasefire in Yemen:Yet these exhortations are meaningless without real pressure on Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which are poised to launch...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Saudi coalition bombed a vegetable market near Hodeidah earlier today and killed at least 21 people:Death toll rises to 21 people and 10 others wounded in a masscare committed today by Saudi airstrikes on a local...
