For all their overwhelming firepower, the U.S. and its allies can cause a lot of misery in the Middle East, but still can't govern the course of events.
Posts Tagged: Houthis
Bolton’s bellicose worldview is the basic operating system of the Trump administration.
Instead of helping to avert the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the Trump administration is adding fuel to the fire.
Trump's leading foreign policy advisers are obsessed with Iran and making dangerous moves from East Asia to the Middle East.
Shifting alignments in the aftermath of the failed coup could bring peace to Yemen and Syria—but only if regional leaders can agree on some rules.
Absent much stronger U.S. and European pressure on their Saudi allies, Yemen's latest ceasefire threatens to collapse — which could mean a return to massive civilian bombardments.
As millions in Yemen face severe hunger, the United States continues to provide the Saudi invasion with arms.
By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.
Despite the Iran nuclear deal, Washington greenlit the Saudi War against Yemen.
As Yemen rapidly disintegrates, the U.S. is turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by its Saudi allies — even as Washington enables them.