Daily Archives: February 17, 2022

2022-02-17: News Headlines

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2022-02-17). As US Renews Support for Saudi War in Yemen, Civilian Death Toll Nearly Doubles. mintpressnews.com "The civilian death toll in Yemen has almost doubled since the United Nations rights body dissolved its monitoring mechanism in the war-torn country." — Norwegian Refugee Council Report…

Jason Ditz (2022-02-16). At Least 40 Houthis Killed in Fighting in Yemen's Maarib. news.antiwar.com At least It wasn't so long ago that the Houthis held the whole province, excepting the capital. Fighting further south spread up there and allowed pro-Saudi forces to recover some lost ground. | Still, fighting has been raging around Maarib, a sign that the f…

_____ (2022-02-16). Protesters Highlight Warren's Hypocrisy On The War In Yemen. popularresistance.org On Friday, February 11th antiwar groups United Against War and Militarism, Veterans for Peace, and Massachusetts Peace Action protested at Elizabeth Warren's office in Boston to demand that she invoke a War Powers Resolution to end US involvement in the nearly 7 year-long proxy war in Yemen. While Warren has expressed nominal opposition to US involvement and voted for a War Powers Resolution while Trump was in office, she has refused to take any concrete action since Biden was elected. All the while, the US and regional and global powers continue to treat Yemen as a battleground in which to contend for power, pro…

2022-02-17 16:31 | 18:31 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0