{"id":338541,"date":"2017-12-09T00:18:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T23:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/white-house-statement-on-yemen-violence-overlooks-us-complicity-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T00:18:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T23:18:33","slug":"white-house-statement-on-yemen-violence-overlooks-us-complicity-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/white-house-statement-on-yemen-violence-overlooks-us-complicity-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"White House statement on Yemen violence overlooks US complicity \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.12\/thumbnail\/5a2b1273fc7e9368688b4567.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 8 Dec, 2017 23:01 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        The White House has called on \u2018all sides\u2019 to cease fighting in Yemen, but failed to address the US role in the ongoing devastation in the Middle East\u2019s poorest nation. US military support has been crucial in the Saudi-led war on Yemen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe United States is gravely concerned by the recent escalation in violence and continued dire humanitarian conditions in Yemen,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the White House\u00a0said in a statement Friday. <em>\u201cWe urge all parties to immediately cease hostilities, reenergize political talks, and end the suffering of the Yemeni people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Secretary Tillerson also spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaudiArabia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaudiArabia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yemen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yemen<\/a>: We have called for a complete end of the blockade in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yemen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yemen<\/a> and the opening of all ports. We are asking Saudi Arabia allow that access.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox\/status\/939161254576492544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2017\/12\/08\/statement-press-secretary-regarding-violence-and-humanitarian-conditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> accuses the Houthis of <em>\u201cbrutal repression of political opponents,\u201d<\/em> specifically calling out the killing of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh earlier this week, allegedly by Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi political party Anasrullah, alleged that Saleh was collaborating with the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in an interview with Press TV.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In an interview with Iran&#8217;s Press TV, a member of the political bureau of Ansarullah (Yemen&#8217;s Houthi movement) said Saleh had been secretly collaborating with the US-Saudi-UAE coalition.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the Houthis are willing to negotiate with Saleh&#8217;s party<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iFPAKC0H0W\">https:\/\/t.co\/iFPAKC0H0W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminNorton\/status\/938836131092860929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>The White House statement went on to accuse the Houthis of <em>\u201creckless missile attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.\u201d<\/em> The Houthis claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/newsline\/411783-uae-denies-yemeni-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">responsibility<\/a> for a missile launched towards a nuclear reactor in Abu Dhabi on December 3, through UAE officials denied the Houthi claim. The Houthis reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/408804-saudi-intercept-missile-riyadh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launched<\/a> a missile towards an airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>The US also accused Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard of <em>\u201carming advising, and enabling the Houthis\u2019 violent actions.\u201d<\/em> Tehran has firmly denied providing military aid to the Houthis.<\/p>\n<p>The US, however, has played a central role in the Saudi-led war on Yemen. In May, Saudi Arabia purchased $110 billion worth of arms, much of which have been used to wage war on the poorest country in the Middle East. Yemen has been under attack by a Saudi-led coalition since March, 2015. At least 17 million Yemenis are <em>\u201cfood insecure,\u201d<\/em> according to the UN, with hundreds of thousands children malnourished. The country is also dealing with a major cholera epidemic, and will soon reach 1,000,000 suspected cases.<\/p>\n<p>While the statement did not address the Washington\u2019s role in the ongoing devastation in Yemen, it did call on Riyadh \u00a0to lift its siege on Yemen\u2019s ports. <em>\u201cWe call on the Saudi-led coalition to facilitate the free flow of humanitarian aid and critical commercial goods, including fuel, through all Yemeni ports and to restore commercial flights through Sana\u2019a Airport,\u201d<\/em> the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AC67tE1PS14\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/412531-yemen-white-house-complicity\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 8 Dec, 2017 23:01 The White House has called on \u2018all sides\u2019 to cease fighting in Yemen, but failed to address the US role in the ongoing devastation in the Middle East\u2019s poorest nation. US military support has been crucial in the Saudi-led war on Yemen. \u201cThe United States is gravely concerned by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-338541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}