Pentagon fails to deliver US strategy on Yemen

A man walks at the site of an air strike launched by the Saudi-led coalition in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, Yemen January 20, 2019. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC158FBC21C0

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