Six civilians killed in Yemen in suspected al-Qaeda bombing
At least six civilians, including children, were killed in Yemen on Friday when a roadside bomb believed to be planted by al-Qaeda went off in the country’s southeast, a Yemeni security official said.
At least six others were wounded in the blast, the second attack in less than a week in al-Qatn village in the vast Hadramaut region
Al-Qaeda’s local affiliate in Yemen, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has taken advantage of a civil war between the Iran-backed Houthis and the Arab Coalition-backed Yemeni legitimate government to strengthen its position in the impoverished country.
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Congress tried to end US support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. Here's how it failed
By Ali Harb in Washington
Almost two years after a resolution was first introduced, efforts in the United States Congress to end American support for the war in Yemen came to an unsuccessful end this week.
The proposed legislation, which invoked for the first time a 1973 law that gives Congress the power to end US military interventions it did not authorise, was a signature away from becoming legally binding.
Instead, the Senate on Thursday failed to overturn Donald Trump's veto, effectively ending US lawmakers' hard-fought attempt to force the president to end American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
Read more at: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-congress-efforts-end-support-yemen-war-timeline
Can't say I'm a fan of us being there but perhaps it prevents Iranian hegemony, that's the excuse at least.
