10 Oct 2016
(MENAFN) An air strike on a funeral gathering, widely blamed on Saudi-led warplanes, poses more trouble for a Western-backed Arab campaign against Yemen’s Houthis.
In detail, the White House announced an immediate review of Washington’s support for the 18-month-old military push after planes hit mourners at a community hall in Sanaa on Saturday, killing 140 people.
The statement from Riyadh’s main ally, noting for the second time in as many months that US support was not “a blank check”, sets up an awkward test of a Saudi-US partnership already strained by differences over wars in other Arab lands.
Sources in the Saudi-led coalition denied any role in the attack, but Riyadh later promised an investigation of the “regrettable and painful” incident, with US expert advice.
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