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Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

by Ellen Knickmeyer
| February 6, 2021 12:06 AM

President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, calling the move part of restoring a U.S. emphasis on diplomacy, democracy and human rights.

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