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Pentagon confirms deploying US troops to Yemen

Saturday, 07 May 2016 9:05 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 07 May 2016 9:02 AM ]

Saudi-backed troops stand guard as smoke billows on a road on the entrance to Abyan province on April 23, 2016. AFP

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

The Pentagon has acknowledged for the first time it has deployed U-S troops to Yemen. A Pentagon official has said the move is aimed at helping local forces battling Al-Qaeda militants. Yet it’s unclear how many troops the U-S has sent to Yemen.
The latest truce in the northern part of Syria's Latakia province and the city of Aleppo has been extended for a third day. The Russian Defense Ministry says the ceasefire was extended at Moscow’s initiative. It says the new truce seeks to prevent the situation from deteriorating in these areas.
Israeli warplanes have carried out fresh airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli fighter jets targeted a farmland east of the city of Khan Yunis. The latest raids come only two days after Israeli planes pounded the city on Thursday.
Russia has accused NATO of seeking to destabilize the Caucasus region with upcoming joint exercises in Georgia, where U-S soldiers will train together with Georgian forces this month. Russian Foreign Ministry also described the training of the Georgian forces by NATO troops as provocative.
Turkey has sentenced two opposition journalists who had revealed the country’s arms shipments to militants in Syria to six years in jail. The Editor-in-chief of Jumhuriyet daily Can Dundar and his colleague Erdam Gol were arrested in November 20-14. The journalists have condemned the verdict.
U-S President Barack Obama urges the scrutiny of every presidential nominee in response to questions about his thoughts on Republican candidate Donald Trump. Obama said the statements and policy positions of all the candidates should be closely examined, adding that presidential election is not a reality show.
People are fleeing a raging wildfire in Canada’s oil town of Fort McMurray. Military helicopters hovered overhead while emergency fuel stations were set up to keep a massive convoy of vehicles. 8-thousand people have been airlifted and up to 10-thousand more are expected to be rescued.
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has reacted angrily to a Senate committee’s vote on her impeachment over alleged violation of state budget laws. Rousseff says she'll fight to prove her innocence. The approval of the impeachment process enables the Senate to debate a possible trial for Rousseff in its Wednesday session.

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