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March 17, 2023

Iran Agrees to Stop Arming Yemen's Houthis in Pact with Saudi Arabia
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The United Nations says there is encouraging momentum in the effort to
end the war in Yemen after more than eight years of conflict. U.S. and
Saudi officials said Iran has agreed to stop arming Houthis in Yemen as
part of the recent China-brokered deal to restore diplomatic ties
between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Here in the U.S., Senators Chris Murphy and Mike Lee introduced a
bipartisan resolution this week that would require the U.S. to report on
Saudi human rights abuses, with the goal of ending U.S. arms sales to
the kingdom. The humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen has left over 17
million people in need of assistance.


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