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Yemeni children from families who were affected by the war and blockade, receive a lunch meal from a charitable center on April 12, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Here's What the US Must Do to Help End Humanitarian Emergency in Yemen

Amanda Catanzano, International Rescue Committee's Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy, testified at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Yemen.

Amanda Catanzano ·

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Saudi Lobby Moves from K Street to Main Street

How to make a gulf monarchy all-American.

Ben Freeman ·

Yemeni children from families affected by the war and blockade receive a lunch meal from a charitable center on April 12, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Pressure on Biden to End Yemen Blockade Builds With New Letter From Lawmakers

Rep. Ro Khanna says members of Congress are "assessing" whether a War Powers Resolution is needed to fully end U.S. involvement.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Iman Saleh (with drum) on hunger strike in Washington D.C. to protest the blockade and war against Yemen; seated next to her is Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Hunting in Yemen

"It's not normal for people to live like this," says Iman Saleh, now on her thirteenth day of a hunger strike demanding an end to war in Yemen.

Kathy Kelly ·

Medical personnel check people's temperature on the street as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 on April 5, 2020 on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen.

Yemen Is a Public Health Catastrophe

The country's civilians have been the unwilling participants in a proxy war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and has left the public health system in shambles.

César Chelala ·

Twenty-six-year-old Iman Saleh, on hunger strike for Yemen, speaks during a press conference while joined by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on April 9, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

As Activists' Hunger Strike Reaches Day 13, Calls Mount for Biden to End US Complicity in Starvation of Yemen

"My pain cannot amount to that of Yemenis under siege," said one hunger striker. "I am starving, but I am not being starved. I am suffering, but I can choose to end that suffering."

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

'Yemen Is Being Starved': 70+ Democrats Urge Biden to Demand End to Saudi-Led Blockade

"Every day that we wait for these issues to be resolved in negotiations is another day that pushes more children to the brink of death."

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

A Saudi-imposed blockade in Yemen, in the midst of a civil war has left civilians without medicine, food, and clean water, exacerbating famine and widespread suffering as the Covid-19 pandemic continues and the nation continues to be considered the location of the world's most dire humanitarian crisis. (Photo: @nfcinereporter/Twitter)

No, Biden Is Not Pushing the Saudis Hard Enough to End Yemen Blockade

The Biden administration has multiple avenues of leverage over Riyadh that can be used to press for an unconditional lifting of the blockade. It must use them.

William Hartung ·

A child walks by a mural showing a U.S. drone in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

'Death Falling From the Sky': Report Spotlights Civilian Harm From US Drone Strikes in Yemen

"The United States is failing to investigate credible allegations of violations, to hold individuals responsible for violations accountable, and to provide prompt and adequate reparation."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

A Yemeni boy kisses the forehead of a killed child following a reported mortar shell attack on the country's third city of Taiz on February 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images)

Quarter of Civilian Casualties From US-Backed, Saudi-Led War in Yemen Were Children

"Children continue to be killed and injured on a near-daily basis," said Xavier Joubert of Save the Children.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·