[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Progressive politicians have put the Biden administration under pressure to work harder on resolving the humanitarian crisis in Yemen...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, where suffering continues to grip the lives of millions enduring the
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
militias in 2014.
Criticism is building up despite White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State under Obama...
having reassured US media that resolving the humanitarian crisis and achieving a ceasefire in Yemen topped the list of priorities of Washington’s special envoy for the war-torn country.
According to Psaki, US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is expected to discuss humanitarian relief efforts, achieving a ceasefire, and many other key topics with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths in his latest trip to the Middle East.
Tim Lenderking? What? Bob McPalletsO'Cash wasn't available?
"A handful of progressive politicians gathered in the Situation Room early Wednesday with national security adviser Jake Sullivan to discuss the war in Yemen," reported US news website Axios.
Those who met Sullivan included Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Bernie Sanders
...The , multiple sources familiar with the meeting confirmed to Axios, adding that they also spoke by phone this week with Lenderking.
"We’re not going to comment on individual meetings, but we regularly engage with politicians on progress towards our commitment to ending the catastrophic war in Yemen," said National Security Council Spokeswoman Emily Horne, signaling the administration’s willingness to take the politicians’ concerns seriously.
State Department Spokesman Ned Price, for his part, told news hounds on Thursday that a senior inter-agency delegation will be traveling over the coming week to discuss several important matters related to US national security and ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East.