Defying President Donald Trump, US Senate votes to end support for Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen | World News, The Indian Express

Defying President Donald Trump, US Senate votes to end support for Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen | World News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: March 14, 2019 10:29:30 am

Defying President Donald Trump, US Senate votes to end support for Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen

The White House, calling the move "flawed", threatened a veto and said it would harm the bilateral relations between the two countries and hurt Washington's ability to fight extremism.

The Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen are the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with approximately 14 million people at risk. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

The US Senate, defying President Donald Trump’s alliance with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh and his foreign policy, on Wednesday voted to end the country’s support for Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes in Yemen. The country provides weapons and refueling to the Saudi coalition.