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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2018, file photo, a man inspects rubble after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. A leading Yemeni rebel figure said Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, that the Trump administration's calls for a cease-fire in his country are &quot;positive&quot; but urged action to stop airstrikes by the rebels' adversary, the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition. The head of the rebels' Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, called on those urging a cease-fire to &quot;to translate their desire to bring peace in Yemen into action,&quot; and &quot;to stop the bombing of Yemenis immediately.&quot; (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Saudis press Yemen campaign despite U.S. warnings

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, photograph, two Yemeni soldiers allied to the country's internationally recognized government walk on a mountainside exposed to territory controlled by the Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels below on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen's conflict, which began as a civil war in 2014 and escalated into a regional proxy fight, drags on today. Winning the hardscrabble terrain takes time and costs dearly, only exacerbating the country's humanitarian crises and making a war that's seen over 10,000 people killed last that much longer. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Iran-backed Yemen rebels expose limits of U.S. strategy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2018 file photo, Saudi-backed forces, part of Ahmed al-Kawkabani's, southern resistance unit in Hodeida, patrol in Hodeida, Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's exiled government began an assault Wednesday, June 13, 2018 on the port city of Hodeida, the main entry point for food in a country already teetering on the brink of famine.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) **FILE**

Saudis, allies launch long-awaited, high-risk assault on key Yemeni port

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times