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Shiite fighters, known as Houthis, wearing army uniforms escort the convoy of Ismail Weld al-Sheikh, new U.N. special envoy to Yemen, at the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up their airstrikes targeting the positions of Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies around the capital, Sanaa, hours ahead of a humanitarian cease-fire set to begin on Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

BRUCE FEIN: Yemen: The lunacy of empire

By Bruce Fein

A Saudi-led airstrike hits a site believed to be a weapons cache in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Monday, May 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Saudi-led airstrikes don’t slow in Yemen ahead of cease-fire

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Moroccan warplane apparently downed before Yemen cease-fire

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Paul Schemm - Associated Press

President Obama is greeted by new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz as the president and first lady Michelle Obama arrive on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Saudi king not snubbing Obama, White House says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A man loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh inspects at Saleh's house destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies in the country's splintered armed forces said Sunday they would accept a five-day humanitarian cease-fire to allow aid to reach civilians after more than a month of daily Saudi-led airstrikes. Saleh and his forces back Shiite rebels also known as the Houthis, who are also backed by Iran. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

A look at nations involved in Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Saudis intensify strikes in Yemen despite calls for cease-fire

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, meets with youth at Salman Mosque in Dijbouti, Dijbouti, Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Kerry said Wednesday he intends to discuss with Saudi Arabian officials how to implement a &quot;humanitarian pause&quot; in Yemen's civil war, citing increased shortages of food, fuel and medicine that are adding to a crisis that has already caused some thousands of people to flee to neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Kerry hopes to win pause in Yemen war as he heads to talks

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he departs Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to head to Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, Djibouti, Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Nairobi, Kenya. Kerry will be meeting with top Djiboutian officials as well as touring a mosque with youth. Kerry is also visiting Sri Lanka, Somalia, France, and Saudi Arabia on his trip. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

John Kerry says he’ll discuss pause in Yemen war with Saudis

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Al Qaeda adapts, grows stronger in the face of Islamic State successes

By Lee Keath and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2015 file photo, militiamen loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ride on an army vehicle on a street in Aden, Yemen. Aden, once Yemen&#8217;s commercial hub, has been hit by a month of unrelenting urban warfare as Shiite rebels and their allies in the military try to capture the city, battling with local militiamen as warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition pound the city with airstrikes trying to stop the rebel advance. (AP Photo/Yassir Hassan, File)

Arab coalition ‘reconnaissance’ troops land in Yemen

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, speaks during a news conference following their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saturday, May 2, 2015, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kerry is visiting Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Djibouti on his trip. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

John Kerry: Yemen not yet a failed state, may ‘hold itself together’ with peace talks

Associated Press

Saudi soldiers work at the border with Yemen in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, in this Monday, April 20, 2015, file photo. A cross-border attack on Saudi Arabia by Yemeni rebel forces resulted in late-night clashes on Thursday, April 30, 2015, that left three Saudi soldiers and "dozens" of Yemeni rebels dead, according to the Saudi Defense Ministry. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Border clash kills 3 Saudi soldiers, dozens of Yemeni rebels

Associated Press

A plane flies over the mountains in south of the Strait of Hormuz as the trading dhows and ships are docked on the Persian Gulf waters near the town of Khasab, in Oman. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

EDITORIAL: Iran moves to dominate Middle East

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

National Security Adviser Susan Rice speaks at the Brookings Institution to outline President Barack Obama's foreign policy priorities, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Iran-backed rebels in Yemen

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 10, 2015 file photo, The Inspire 1, a drone manufactured by DJI, is flown in Davenport, Calif. Mexico published rules governing the use of drones on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, allowing people to operate the smallest drones in daylight without a permit but with safety rules. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

BRUCE FEIN: The case against predator drones

By Bruce Fein

Men look at a car destroyed by a recent Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, Saturday, April 25, 2015. With combatants fighting in neighborhoods and Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounding Iran-backed rebels from the sky, Yemen's war is wreaking a particularly bloody toll among civilians: more than 550 have been killed in the past month, including 115 children, the U.N. said Friday. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

U.N. chief appoints new Yemen special envoy

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

Shiite rebels known as Houthis hold up their weapons during a protest to denounce the Saudi aggression in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Yemen's Shiite rebels, who have taken over large parts of the country and have faced a Saudi-led air assault, said Wednesday they welcome United Nations-led talks to find a political solution to the conflict. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Pakistan leaders in Saudi Arabia to press Yemen negotiations

Associated Press

A Saudi soldier sits on top of an armor vehicle as he aims his weapons, on the border with Yemen, at a military point in Najran, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

A quiet night in Yemen’s capital as Saudi halts offensive

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 15, 2015, file image released by U.S. Navy Media Content Services, an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 136, lands on the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Fifth Fleet area of operations. The U.S. Navy has dispatched USS Theodore Roosevelt toward the waters off Yemen to join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to Houthi rebels, U.S. officials said on Monday. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Van Nuys/U.S. Navy Media Content Services via AP)

White House: U.S. aircraft carrier sent to Yemen to protect commerce

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, about gospel's role in American music before latest in the "In Performance at the White House" concert series. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama says U.S. could ‘penetrate’ Iranian missile defense

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times