Events in Yemen are an indicator of broader regional dynamics
BEHIND THE LINES: The desire for an end to war in Yemen is understandable. Unfortunately, however, the US has leverage over only one of the sides.
HONOR GUARDS carry coffins of Houthis killed fighting government forces in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib, during a funeral procession in Sana’a last week.(photo credit: KHALED ABDULLAH/ REUTERS)ByJONATHAN SPYER