It was, therefore, remarkable that the Trump administration on Tuesday certified to Congress that the Saudis and their allies are “making every effort to reduce the risk of civilian casualties” and facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries in Yemen. It flies in the face of the conclusions of virtually all other observers of the Yemen war, as well as the ongoing fighting on the ground. A report by Human Rights Watch said the “woefully inadequate” investigations by the Saudi-UAE coalition of civilian casualties were little more than coverups of likely war crimes. It became clear long ago that the only solution to the Yemen war is a U.N.-brokered peace settlement, which the Trump administration claims to support. The same could be said of the Trump administration.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2018 21:22 UTC