{"id":2017,"date":"2015-04-23T18:29:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T18:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2015-04-23T18:29:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T18:29:49","slug":"boehner-defends-deployment-of-american-warships-near-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/boehner-defends-deployment-of-american-warships-near-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Boehner defends deployment of American warships near Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner has defended the deployment of American warships near Yemen due to the situation in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During a press conference on Wednesday, Boehner said the United States should assist its allies in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think having our ships in place is the right thing to do. Hopefully, their involvement will not be needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the US military deployed the USS Theodore Roosevelt off the coast of Yemen to join three other American amphibious ships and two destroyers.<\/p>\n

The Navy said in a statement\u00a0the Roosevelt had left the Persian Gulf on Sunday along with guided missile destroyer USS\u00a0Normandy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn recent days, the US\u00a0Navy has increased its presence in this area as a result of the current instability in Yemen,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\"NATO-US-Ship\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On March 26, Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen without a UN mandate in a bid to restore power to the fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a close ally of Riyadh.<\/p>\n

On April 21, Saudi government spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri announced the termination of the first phase of the attacks against Yemen.<\/p>\n

He added that Saudi Arabia would launch a second phase of its aggression, targeting the Houthi Ansarullah movement\u2019s fighters in Yemen.<\/p>\n

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned of the disastrous humanitarian situation in Yemen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe humanitarian situation is nothing short of catastrophic,\u201d Robert Mardini, the ICRC\u2019s head of operations for the Middle East, said in Geneva on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s Health Ministry announced that 951 people were killed and 3,943 others were wounded in the nearly month-long military aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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