Tim Lenderking, the US special envoy for Yemen, would travel this week to the Gulf, the State Department said. The State Department did not specify his dates or destinations but said he would be in touch with officials from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman, as well as UN representatives. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters that the “provocative and dangerous attacks” by the rebels have “threatened almost two years of progress to end the war in Yemen”.
