Trump Urges Saudi Arabia to End Blockade of Goods Into Yemen<br />6, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — President Trump pressed Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to fully end its blockade of food, water, medicine<br />and fuel into Yemen, a rare humanitarian rebuke to the Middle East ally that he has firmly embraced since taking office.<br />Scott Paul, the humanitarian policy lead at Oxfam America, said Mr. Trump’s call for Saudi Arabia to relent is "long overdue but hugely important." He said in a statement<br />that millions of people could die in an "historic famine" if the Saudis do not agree to pull back from the blockade.<br />" Mr. Young said. that President Trump’s attention to this critical matter is very encouraging<br />and we hope he continues to pressure the Saudis to fully end the humanitarian blockade of Yemen,<br />In recent days, officials said Mr. Trump was presented with mounting evidence of the human cost of the Saudi blockade, including the impact on children,<br />and the spread of diseases like cholera and diphtheria as a result of the lack of food and clean water in the country.
