Yemen

FCNL applauds news that Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to extend the UN-brokered truce for two additional months.

We urge Congress to pass H.J.Res. 87 and S.J.Res 56 to terminate unauthorized military involvement in the Saudi-led coalition’s war and blockade.

As lawmakers move to end US complicity in the Saudi-led war, warring parties take a stab at peace.

By emphasizing support and solidarity, groups led primarily by Yemeni-American women are building momentum to end the world’s “forgotten war.”

FCNL applauded yesterday’s introduction of a Yemen War Powers Resolution to end our involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

On May 31, Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Nancy Mace (SC-01), and Adam Schiff (CA-27) introduced a Yemen War Powers Resolution to end U.S. participation in the Saudi-led coalition’s war and blockade in Yemen.

In an effort to strengthen the recently announced temporary truce and further incentivize Saudi Arabia to stay at the negotiation table, the groups urged Congress “to cosponsor and publicly support Representatives Jayapal, DeFazio, Schiff, Mace and Senator Sanders War Powers Resolution to end U.S. military participation in the Saudi-led coalition’s war on Yemen.”

There is a glimmer of hope in the effort to end the war in Yemen. On April 1, a two-month Ramadan truce took effect. While the ceasefire has not entirely held, several fuel ships have finally been allowed into Yemen, and there are discussions of flights taking off from Sanaa airport for the first time in years.

Ryan Grim and Hassan El-Tayyab discuss the Yemen cease-fire and a new Yemen War Powers Resolution.