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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo smiles while speaking to members of the media after leaving a closed door meeting about Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senators who have grown increasingly uneasy with the U.S. response to Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi grilled top administration officials at a closed-door briefing that could determine how far Congress goes in punishing the longtime Middle East ally. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Senators move to act against Saudi Arabia

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is seen on a TV screen while delivering a speech during the United Nations Conference on Afghanistan at the UN Offices in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (Fabrice Coffrini/pool photo via AP)

UN chief: UN close to starting Yemen peace talks in Sweden

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responds to reporters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate vote to advance Yemen bill is rebuke to Donald Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks up to the microphones to speak to members of the media after leaving a closed door meeting about Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senators who have grown increasingly uneasy with the U.S. response to Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi grilled top administration officials at a closed-door briefing that could determine how far Congress goes in punishing the longtime Middle East ally. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate defies Trump, showing anger with Saudis for Khashoggi

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., right, walk to a meeting with fellow Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell breaks with Donald Trump, urges ‘response’ to Saudis

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Charities call for US to halt support for Saudis in Yemen

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Yemeni officials: UN envoy in front-line city of Hodeida

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Anti-war groups target Lankford in national ad campaign

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In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, a father gives water to his malnourished daughter at a feeding center in a hospital in Hodeida, Yemen. An international aid group says an estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen's civil war in 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, Houthi Shiite fighters guard a street leading to the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key port

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, Houthi Shiite fighters guard a street leading to the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Yemeni rebels say they will halt rocket fire at Saudi Arabia

By Ahmed Al-haj and Brian Rohan - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, Houthi Shiite fighters chant slogans as they guard a street leading to the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. A senior leader from Yemen’s Houthi rebels says that for the sake of peace efforts the group will halt rocket fire into Saudi Arabia, its larger northern neighbor who is leading a U.S.-backed Arab coalition to restore Yemen’s internationally recognized government. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

The Latest: UN draft resolution urges Yemen peace talks

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Proposed UN resolution urges Yemen’s warring parties to talk

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis (center) has advised against lawmakers placing time constraints on the use of military force. (ASSOCIATED PRESS photographs)

Lawmakers want to update Authorization for Use of Military Force law

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2017 file photo, Houthi Shiite rebels inspect the rubble of the Republican Palace that was destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen. Airstrikes by Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen are on a pace to kill more civilians in 2018 than last year despite US claims that the coalition is working to prevent such bloodshed, a database tracking violence shows. The war, nearly four years old, may have killed as many as 80,000 people, according to the figures. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

UN envoy: Warring parties in Yemen agree to meet in Sweden

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2018, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Senate lets Bahrain weapon sale proceed; Yemen unease grows

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2018 file photo, a Yemeni militiaman stands atop a limestone column at the Awwam Temple, also known as the Mahram Bilqis, in Marib, Yemen. A prominent Yemeni rights group has documented heavy damage to at least 34 archaeological sites from the fighting and airstrikes over the past four years. In a report released Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, the Mawatana Organization for Human Rights said that it collected testimonies from over 75 people working at the archaeological sites and monuments that came under attack since mid-2014. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Report details damage to ancient Yemeni archaeological sites

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

This July 11, 2018, photo, shows a fragment of a US-made missile fired from a drone that struck a vehicle, killing all seven men inside on Jan. 26, 2018, instantly ending their lives, shredding their bodies into pieces, in Shabwa, Yemen. (AP Photo)

In Yemen, a race to save a boy from al-Qaida and a US drone

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and MAAD AL-ZIKRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2018 file photo, a cargo ship is docked at the Red Sea port city, of Hodeida, Yemen. Yemeni officials said Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, that an informal agreement to reduce hostilities between Saudi-led coalition forces and rebels in and around Hodeida has taken hold. They said that hostilities have ceased for the past 24 hours, with both sides respecting the truce. The truce followed advances by the coalition in their latest attempt to retake the city from the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Saudi-led airstrike kills 7 in contested Yemen port city

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2018 file photo, a cargo ship is docked at the Red Sea port city, of Hodeida, Yemen. Yemeni officials said Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, that an informal agreement to reduce hostilities between Saudi-led coalition forces and rebels in and around Hodeida has taken hold. They said that hostilities have ceased for the past 24 hours, with both sides respecting the truce. The truce followed advances by the coalition in their latest attempt to retake the city from the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Coalition, Yemen rebels agree on informal truce

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press