WASHINGTON – The United States Senate on Wednesday voted to advance a resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen, with a final vote potentially taking place within days.
In a move that solidified Republican Party unrest around President Donald Trump’s dismissive response to the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Yemen humanitarian crisis, many Republicans joined Democrats to advance the measure by a vote of 63 over 37.
It followed a Senate briefing by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis behind closed doors about Saudi Arabia, the Oct. 2 murder of Khashoggi and the war in Yemen.
An alliance of Gulf Arab states led by the Saudis have been battling in Yemen since 2015 to restore the government ousted by the Houthi rebel forces, classified as Shia Muslim fighters that many view as agents of Iran.
The war in Yemen has killed over 10,000, and the United Nations has repeatedly called it the worst humanitarian crisis as famine, disease and war batters the masses across the country.
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