US Senator, White House push for Yemen peace in regional tour
As the Houthi rebels struggle to take Marib, Senator Chris Murphy says the time for peace is now.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels did not take up an invitation to meet with UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths last week in Oman’s capital amid calls for a cease-fire, but the US administration isn’t discouraged.
“We have a cease-fire proposal on the table in Yemen,” US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) told reporters on Monday, adding, “It’s now time for the Houthis to do their part.”
The senator returned from a tour of the Middle East last week as part of a wider US delegation to the region.
Murphy, who heads the Middle East subcommittee on the Senate’s foreign relations panel, has pushed for years to end US involvement in Yemen’s civil war on the side of the Saudi-led coalition.
