US officials secretly met representatives of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement over the weekend in Oman as President Donald Trump rejected a request from Saudi Arabia for direct US strikes on the group. Washington instead agreed to provide Riyadh with intelligence as fighting between Saudi Arabia and Ansar Allah intensifies.
Reuters first reported the meeting, which took place on Sunday, on Wednesday. Sources told the outlet that Oman set up the summit between the US and Ansar Allah. They said that the Yemeni officials told the Americans that Ansar Allah was. . .