House Committee Hears Criticism of Saudi War in Yemen

House Committee Hears Criticism of Saudi War in Yemen
A Yemeni man walks in the ruins of a building destroyed in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Feb. 1, 2019. MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—Coalition forces in Yemen are targeting civilians with airstrikes and mortar fire in their battle with rebels, and international aid to the country is being blocked or disrupted.

These were the charges leveled on March 6 by former U.S. government experts and a Yemeni aid official at a House Foreign Affairs committee on the humanitarian situation in that country.