Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

President Joe Biden plans to end U.S. support for a Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen. National security adviser Jake Sullivan made that announcement Thursday. The grinding five-year conflict has deepened humanitarian suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country. Biden also is naming a longtime U.S. diplomat for the Middle East as special envoy to Yemen, as his administration seeks a diplomatic end to the war. Saudi Arabia began the offensive in 2015 to counter a Yemeni Houthi