by Medea Benjamin, Sam Ritchie, Jules Struck | Jun 29, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
On May 27, Foreign Policy reported that the Obama administration has decided to block the sale of additional cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. This is great news, but it’s long past overdue — and still not enough. U.S. companies, including Textron Industries — the makers...
by Russ Wellen | May 18, 2016 | Redev, Uncategorized
At the end of March the White House announced that it is providing logistical and intelligence support to Saudi Arabia’s military operations in Yemen. The main purposes seem to be to limit Iranian influence via the Houthis and deny Al Qaeda a refuge. Writes Micah...
by Jakob Reimann | May 4, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
On the night of January 5, a squadron of F-15 fighter jets from the Royal Saudi Air Force carpet-bombed a neighborhood in the densely populated Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Following the assault, the Al-Noor Center for the Blind lay in ruins. “People with disabilities are...
by Rob Prince | Dec 16, 2015 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Cross-posted from View from the Left Bank. 1. And then there is Yemen where a ragtag coalition – hardly worth the name – of Saudi-paid mercenaries is trying unsuccessfully to crush a rebellion and democratic movement (inaccurately referred to as a Houthi-ethnic...
by Michael Avender | Sep 9, 2015 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
The crisis in Yemen has become catastrophic. Since the beginning of the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes on March 26, violence in Yemen has escalated significantly, leaving the nation decimated with little to no hope for an end in sight. The Saudi-led coalition,...
