{"id":35737,"date":"2019-03-16T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=35737"},"modified":"2019-03-16T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T14:24:14","slug":"us-should-not-curb-aid-to-saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen-says-pompeo-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=35737","title":{"rendered":"US should not curb aid to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, says Pompeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1467196\/middle-east\" readability=\"79\">\n<p>\nWASHINGTON:\u00a0 The Trump administration opposes curbs on American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe way to alleviate the Yemeni people\u2019s suffering isn\u2019t to prolong the conflict by handicapping our partners in the fight, but by giving the Saudi-led coalition the support needed to defeat the Iranian-backed rebels and ensure a just peace,\u201d Pompeo said at a news conference in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\nHis remarks came two days after the US Senate voted to end American support for the war against Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe White House has already threatened a veto, calling the Senate vote \u201cflawed\u201d and saying it would harm relations with Saudi Arabia and hinder Washington\u2019s ability to fight extremism.<\/p>\n<p>\nSalman Al-Ansari, founder of the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC), welcomed Pompeo\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cPompeo said nothing but the facts with regard to Yemen and the danger posed by Iranian proxies,\u201d said Al-Ansari. The Saudi-led coalition is in Yemen to enforce UN Security Council resolution 2216, which \u201cclearly states that the Houthis should put down their arms and hand the occupied territories over to the legitimate government of Yemen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe \u201cinternal political polarization\u201d in the US is very dangerous, Al-Ansari said. \u201cThe US political fabric, from the right to the left, should seek a more balanced and realistic view of the challenges in the Middle East, and fully support Saudi efforts to eradicate terrorism at its roots,\u201d Al-Ansari said.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt is unfortunate that some members of the US Congress are \u201csomehow siding with a group that raises the banner of \u2018Death to America,\u2019\u201d Al-Ansari said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThis sends a very dangerous signal to non-state actors, such as the Houthis, that they have immunity despite their terrorist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON:\u00a0 The Trump administration opposes curbs on American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. \u201cThe way to alleviate the Yemeni people\u2019s suffering isn\u2019t to prolong the conflict by handicapping our partners in the fight, but by giving the Saudi-led coalition the support needed to defeat&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}