Ceasefire is Reached, While US House Undermines Efforts to End Complicity in War
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"It is the deeds, not the words of the parties to the conflict that will decide if Yemeni civilians get the relief they deserve—lives remain on the line."
by: Julia Conley
Government representative Khaled Hussein al-Yamani shakes hands with Houthi delegate Mohammed Abdulsalam, as U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres watches. (Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT)
While progressive U.S. lawmakers' efforts to take meaningful action to end American involvement in the Saudi-led assault on Yemen were stymied this week, human rights groups expressed relief that progress was made across the Atlantic in United Nations-led peace talks in Sweden, with both sides of the conflict in Yemen agreeing to an immediate ceasefire in the port city of Hodeidah.
The city, which has ...