House Votes to End Support for Long Entanglement in Yemen

Smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes on an army base in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Mar. 7, 2021. AP Photo/Hani Mohammed

News Analysis

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that would end American support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the Yemen conflict—what’s been described as a proxy war between the Saudis and Iranians, resulting in more than 230,000 deaths and a resurgence of al-Qaeda in the region.