US Senate calls for end to military support in Yemen war

<p>The US Senate approved a resolution calling for an end to United States military support in the Saudi-UAE led campaign in Yemen.</p> <p>The final vote was 56-41 with seven Republicans defying their party by voting in support of the motion on Thursday.</p> <p>Speaking to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/defying-trump-senate-approves-ye…">Al Jazeera</a>, a Republican Senator who sponsored the resolution said,</p> <p>“Warfare involves a lot more that a single battlefield and liens of military personnel firing against each other with guns.”</p> <p>Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who also co-sponsored the resolution, said,</p> <p>“The United States will no longer participate in the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen which has caused the worst humanitarian crisis on earth with already 85,000 children starved to death.”</p> <p>The senate also adopted a separate, non-binding resolution condemning the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.</p>