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| Yemen war: Congress votes to end US military assistance to Saudi Arabia | Yemen war: Congress votes to end US military assistance to Saudi Arabia |
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| Congress has given final approval on a resolution to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, in an unprecedented bid to curtail the president’s power to go to war and a sweeping rebuke to Donald Trump’s foreign policy. | Congress has given final approval on a resolution to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, in an unprecedented bid to curtail the president’s power to go to war and a sweeping rebuke to Donald Trump’s foreign policy. |
| War has broken Yemen. A new route to peace is needed, now | Hisham Al-Omeisy | War has broken Yemen. A new route to peace is needed, now | Hisham Al-Omeisy |
| The House voted 247 to 175 to send the resolution to the president’s desk, where it is likely to be met with a veto. Sixteen Republicans broke ranks and joined Democrats in the effort. The Senate passed the resolution last month, with seven Republicans voting in favor of it. | |
| The resolution’s passage sets up another confrontation between Congress and Trump, who has already threatened to veto it. The White House has said the resolution raises “serious constitutional concerns”. | The resolution’s passage sets up another confrontation between Congress and Trump, who has already threatened to veto it. The White House has said the resolution raises “serious constitutional concerns”. |
| The vote marks the first time Congress has invoked the 1973 War Powers Act to curb the executive’s power to take the country into a conflict without congressional approval. It is aimed at ending US involvement in the long-running Yemen conflict, which amounts to logistical and intelligence support, as well as training and some special forces. | The vote marks the first time Congress has invoked the 1973 War Powers Act to curb the executive’s power to take the country into a conflict without congressional approval. It is aimed at ending US involvement in the long-running Yemen conflict, which amounts to logistical and intelligence support, as well as training and some special forces. |
| The war in Yemen, which has just entered its fifth year, has killed thousands and left millions on the brink of starvation, creating what the UN called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. | The war in Yemen, which has just entered its fifth year, has killed thousands and left millions on the brink of starvation, creating what the UN called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. |
| The two lead sponsors of the measure, independent senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic congressman, Ro Khanna issued a joint statement saying: “Today, the US House of Representatives took a clear stand against war and famine and for Congress’ war powers by voting to end our complicity in the war in Yemen. | The two lead sponsors of the measure, independent senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic congressman, Ro Khanna issued a joint statement saying: “Today, the US House of Representatives took a clear stand against war and famine and for Congress’ war powers by voting to end our complicity in the war in Yemen. |
| “This is the first time in the history of this nation that a War Powers Resolution has passed the House and Senate and made it to the president’s desk,” the statement said. “Finally, the US Congress has reclaimed its constitutional authority over matters of war and peace.” | “This is the first time in the history of this nation that a War Powers Resolution has passed the House and Senate and made it to the president’s desk,” the statement said. “Finally, the US Congress has reclaimed its constitutional authority over matters of war and peace.” |
| Many peace campaigners believe that the only way of winding down a war, that is thought to have killed more than 60,000 people and is in danger of triggering mass starvation that could kill millions, is to increase US pressure on Riyadh to end its aerial bombing campaign, and more actively pursue a peace deal with Houthi rebels. | |
| “The death toll is mounting and our country’s hands aren’t clean – just recently, we saw more civilians killed in Yemen as coalition airstrikes and intense fighting hit hospitals,” Scott Paul, the lead Yemen specialist at the Oxfam charity, said. “The vote brings the issue to President Trump’s desk, where a veto would end any lingering question of where his priorities lie.” | |
| The vote does not stop the billions of dollars in US arms sales to Riyadh, but another bipartisan measure making its way through the Senate is intended to limit those sales, in response to the murder last October of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, and the Saudi-led coalition’s role in the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen. Trump is also expected to veto that bill. | |
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