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DAWN Statement on U.S. Airstrikes in Yemen

In response to U.S. aerial attacks on Yemen on March 15, 2025, which reportedly killed 31 people, and Houthi counterattacks on a U.S. warship on March 16, DAWN issued the following statement:

"President Trump has broken his promise to the American people to stop entangling us in wasteful wars by launching attacks on Yemen, the poorest country in the region, inviting a Houthi counterattack on a U.S. warship," said Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN's executive director. "Rather than put America first, Trump is once again following decades of bad U.S. policies, using American taxpayer resources to serve Israel's interests and further destabilizing the entire region."

"President Trump had no right to start a new war without Congressional authorization, and no justification under international law as these attacks on Yemen have nothing to do with self defense or protecting the U.S.," said Raed Jarrar, DAWN's advocacy director. "If Trump wants the Houthis to stop blocking ships to Israel, he should push Netanyahu to abide by the terms of the Gaza ceasefire rather than putting U.S. troops in harm's way."

16 March 2025, Yemen, Sanaa: Yemenis clean up rubble in front of their shops after US airstrikes in Sanaa. US President Donald Trump ordered massive attacks on Saturday on the Houthis in several Yemeni provinces including Sana'a and the militia's stronghold of Sa'ada in the far north of the war-torn country. Photo: Osamah Yahya/dpa (Photo by Osamah Yahya/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Source:Photo by GPO/ Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

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