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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Washington Sends the Saudis a Long-Overdue Bill
The Pentagon’s $331 million invoice to the Kingdom and the UAE was another blow after a difficult week.
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Abdelhadi al-Ramahi / Reuters The U.S. Is Paying More Than It Bargained for in the Yemen War
The Pentagon says that “errors in accounting” mean Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have not been properly charged for refueling.
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U.S. Air Force via Reuters Trump’s Iran-centric Syria Policy Takes Shape
Congress likely won’t take action to rein in the military powers it granted the president after the 9/11 attacks—powers that Trump uses with the broad aim of countering Iran.
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Hani Mohammed / AP One American’s Failed Quest to Protect Civilians in Yemen
“If there is a chance that I can help, then I’m going to swing. I’ll swing for the fences. I may get air, but I’d rather try and fail than to not have tried.”
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Maranie R. Staab Counting the Dead in Mosul
The civilian death toll in the fight against ISIS is far higher than official estimates.
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Abduljabbar Zeyad / Reuters Yemen: The Graveyard of the Obama Doctrine
The human costs of facilitating Saudi Arabia’s proxy war
