(2022-02-05). The US Is Wrong On Yemen — Again. popularresistance.org Last week, Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East, boiled down the millions suffering in Yemen into a false binary in which Washington has done everything it can for peace. He claimed that the Houthi rebels in Yemen are to blame for the continuation of this seven-year conflict that has become the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. With the Houthis launching ballistic missiles at the United Arab Emirates, and a litany of their own war crimes, it'd be easy to fall for this simplistic analysis of the conflict. Yet, in suggesting that reaching a ceasefire and ending the war is simply up…
(2022-02-04). Saudi Airstrikes Kill Seven Houthis in Yemen's Taiz. news.antiwar.com Saudi forces carried out a series of airstrikes in Taiz Province in SW Yemen on Thursday, The attacks hit western Taiz, reportedly striking a weapons cache belonging to the Houthis, and setting off a substantial explosion. | Exactly why Taiz came under attack is unclear. The city has been contested for the entire seven years of the Yemen War. The Saudi invasion force was never able to take the city, one of the fi…