With so much of the media focused on the war in Ukraine, you may have missed the really important news that Yemen—the terrorist hotbed just south of Saudi Arabia, which has been embroiled in a grim civil war for seven years, causing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisises—has reached a truce extension.
Why does this matter?
It matters hugely for global security, the economy, the environment, and for humanity.
Here to talk about this extraordinary accomplishment and what it means is the U.S. Special Envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, whom President Biden personally thanked for his efforts in getting us to the truce extension.