instead telling them to have their son cremated in lieu of taking him to a funeral home.

after almost seven years of death and destruction.My experience from the Houthis is that they have spoken about a commitment toward peace in Yemen and I think there are certainly elements within the leadership that favor that.

and stressed that while the U.but also made it harder for Yemenis to get out of their war-torn country.The flight ban and the shipping embargo have not only limited the flow of vital goods into Yemens rebel-controlled north.

-Arab Relations were a clear overture toward the Houthis rebels.collapsing services and protracted displacement.

This is central to my mission: Break the cycle that any Yemeni group or outsider feels that the only way to attain progress is on the battlefield.

whether the nuanced shift in Washingtons position could be enough to bring real momentum to a peace process which.-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

along Iraqs western border with Syria.Smoke and dust rise after a U.

airstrike on a facility the Pentagon said was used by Iran-backed militia groups as a coordination center for the shipment and transfer of advanced conventional weapons near as-Sikak.drawing vows of retaliation from the militants and protests of a blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty from the countrys military.