Yemen seeks ‘reassessment’ of deadly US raid

CAIRO — Yemen’s foreign minister on Wednesday said his nation has asked for a “reassessment” of a U.S. raid last month that killed several women and children, but denied reports that his government has requested a suspension of American ground operations.

The raid, in which just about everything went wrong, was an early test of President Trump’s national security decision-making — and his willingness to rely on the assurances of his military advisers.

The Pentagon has said that the main objective of the raid was to recover laptop computers, cell phones and other information that could help fill gaps in its understanding of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, whose leaders have attempted at least three attacks on the United States.

[...] Wednesday, the U.N.’s humanitarian aid agency is seeking $2.1 billion this year to help people in Yemen, a record-high appeal for the Arab world’s poorest country, where thousands have died since violence in an ongoing civil war swelled nearly two years ago.