国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Trumps veto proves U.S. main role in prolonging Yemens war_时事

国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Trumps veto proves U.S. main role in prolonging Yemens war

On Wednesday, Yemen's Saudi-backed government welcomed Trump's veto and described it as a confirmation that the United States will continue to provide cooperation and be a partner working side by side with the people of Yemen to restore peace and security.

The statement revealed by the Saudi-backed government said that Yemen is now a frontline battleground against the spread of Iranian aggression and global terrorism.

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday strongly criticized Trump's veto, saying that "it proved the U.S. complicity in the massacre against the Yemeni people and unjust siege."

The Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said on Twitter the veto "approves that the United States was not only involved in the aggression on Yemen, but also the decision maker of the war while the others follow its decision."

Notably, the UAE, main partner of the Saudi-led coalition, welcomed on Wednesday Trump's veto.

Frustration is growing in Yemen's rebel-held north as the prolonged war and commercial blockade are deepening pains of the residents.

The military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE intervened in Yemen in March 2017 to support Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi after Houthi rebels forced him into exile and seized much of the country's north, including the capital Sanaa.

The United Nations is struggling to save a peace deal between Hadi's government and the Houthi rebels, seen as a hope to end the country's four-year civil war, which has pushed more than 20 million Yemenis to the brink of famine.