Yemen

Posted by: John Phoenix For seven years, the United States has been flooding powerful Gulf states with advanced weapons worth tens of billions of dollars, a British online newspaper reported, but it claims that it has little idea whether its helicopters, missiles, and bombs are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. A report by the Government Accounting Office, which monitors US spending, says neither the Pentagon nor the State Department could show if they had properly investigated allegations that any of the nearly $55 billion in weapons it has sold to allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates between 2015 and 2021 had been improperly used to harm civilians in Yemen, the Independent reported. “The conflict in Yemen is a pressing humanitarian concern, and the ...

Posted by: John Phoenix By Ilya Tsukanov – Sputnik  The Houthis resumed their attacks on suspected Israel and US-affiliated merchant ships Tuesday after a ten-day pause. Armed with mostly older missile designs and cheap drones and possessing no blue water navy to speak of, the militants have managed to effectively shut down the Red Sea to Western interests, humiliating the Pentagon in the process. The US Navy’s inability to lift the Houthis’ self-imposed partial blockade of the Red and Arabian Seas or to meaningfully degrade the militia’s missile and drone capabilities in six months of air and missile strikes has given rise to embarrassing questions from allies and adversaries alike about whether the US military is a mere “paper tiger,” and not the “all powerful,” global an...