By Paul McLeary and Ariel Robinson
Relationship status: complicated. After a pair of dueling press conferences with Iraqi and Saudi government officials on Wednesday, FP’s Lara Jakes and Paul McLeary write that “the Obama administration is caught between two allies over the rising war in Yemen.” Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi led off by charging that the Saudi campaign in Yemen is not “logical,” and suggested that the Obama administration backs up his skepticism. That didn’t sit well with the Saudi ambassador, who hours later shot back, telling Abadi to clean up his own house before fretting about the House …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
