A senator is calling on Pentagon and State Department officials to look into allegations that U.S. equipment has fallen into the hands of Iranian-backed rebels and al-Qaida-linked militants fighting in Yemen.
The U.S. military is looking for contractors to provide airborne casualty evacuation services for special operations forces working “primarily within Yemen.”
Late last year, a team of Green Berets allegedly arrived in Saudi Arabia to help locate and destroy caches of ballistic missiles and launch sites along the country’s border with Yemen.
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to kill a bipartisan resolution to remove U.S. forces from the conflict in Yemen between a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels.