Critic Of U.S. Role In Yemen Responds To Biden's Plans To Pull Back
Shireen Al-Adeimi of Michigan State University argues the U.S. has done "everything except for pulling the trigger" in the war in Yemen. She tells NPR she's skeptical of a U.S. role in creating peace.
President Biden said last week that the Saudi-led war in Yemen "has to end," as he pledged to end "all American support for offensive operations."
The complex war started in 2014, when Houthi militants supported by Iran overthrew the unpopular Saudi-backed government in Sanaa, Yemen's capital. A coalition of Gulf states — led by Saudi Arabia and with support from the U.S., France and the U.K. — responded with airstrikes starting in 2015.
More than people have died since then, in what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Large swathes of the population — upwards of 80% — face starvation.
