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Yemeni Politician Sues US Soldiers for Alleged Assassination Attempt.

March 31, 2026
Yemeni Politician Sues US Soldiers for Alleged Assassination Attempt.
Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images

Yemeni security guards stand outside the parliament building in Sanna, a haunting reminder of the chaos that gripped the nation in 2015. It was the same year when Anssaf Ali Mayo, a prominent Yemeni lawmaker, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt orchestrated by former U.S. military members hired by the United Arab Emirates. But what happened next would leave Mayo and his family forever changed, and set off a chain of events that would take him to the doorstep of the U.S. federal court.

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