If Houthis didn't try to shamelessly capitalize on every tragedy the coalition inflicts, it would be a lot easier to get the world/the west to take these crimes seriously. Here are some of the ways the Houthis' exploitation of civilian casualties harms the Yemeni people:

https://twitter.com/abdusalamsalah/status/1027463021365420032

When you turn dead children into propaganda, you put the reality of their deaths up for debate. Houthis have no credibility, therefore these victims lose credibility. You rob their deaths of the recognition they are due by associating them with you.

@ionacraig & @Shuaibalmosawa's reporting on coalition airstrikes is extraordinary and infuriating: theintercept.com/2018/08/02/sau… The USG mantra on coalition support--that US refueling & weapons transfers increase coalition accuracy--has been obvious bs for a while. And though NGOs can't prove coalition intent, this report speaks to gross negligence and incompetence.

You won't catch us endorsing the NDAA, but its amendment process does reveal a lot about Congressional priorities. In the House this week, a bipartisan collection of representatives will push ten-different Yemen-related amendments: & @repmarkpocan will introduce an amendment that, if passed, would give the administration 90 days to provide some transparency on refueling operations to the Saudi-led coalition operating in Yemen: amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/ORO…

Some members of the SFRC are going to try to figure out what USG strategy in Yemen is, exactly. You can watch here: foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-po… As Corker and Menendez lay out origins of conflict, they (as many) forget to mention small but deleterious US role: stressing security assistance over economic support, kinetic counter-terrorism over political inclusivity, facilitating rent-seeking behavior by Saleh gov't.