This classified operation supports the Saudi military campaign in Yemen

One of three new, classified operations initiated by the Pentagon, and recent partner, Yemen, recent reports and documents have revealed.

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Operation Yukon Journey was named in a recent quarterly report by the Department of Defense Inspector General's Office. But the initial note, only a few paragraphs in a 130-page document, referred to in the name of the United States.

All three operations were in support of the larger efforts, which seek to defeat both ISIS and al-Qaeda.

A document posted on the All Partners Access Network, an information-sharing website for the Pentagon and non-governmental organizations, revealed a list of military operations by combatant commands since February, when the Defense Secretary Jim Mattis designated the three new operations.

Yukon Journey falls under Central Command and is defined as "Support to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Partner Nations in Yemen."

Mattis announced that the United States will stop refueling Saudi aircraft fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, though the United States will continue to provide military assistance and training.

But the refueling will be able to have impact on Saudi capabilities.

In a statement, the Saudi government said it had "increased its ability to independently conduct inflight refueling," and therefore "requested cessation of inflight refueling support for its operations in Yemen."

The link between the IG report and the recent document posted by the Federation of American Scientists News.

Defense officials and an IG spokesperson declined to share details of the operation with Yahoo.

The recent war began in 2014, when the Houthi rebels overtook Sanaa, the Yemen capital. As the Iranian-aligned Shiite rebels moved south towards the Arab world, the United Arab Emirates entered the fray in 2015 to defeat them and overthrown the Yemeni government.

The more contentious portion of the conflict has been focused on the port of Hodeida, through which flows more than three-quarters of the food, medicine and other necessities.

Yemeni government and Arab coalition forces have been pushed back by bloody battles and barrages to retake Hodeida from the Houthis, who has held the war inception.

A previous assault began, and then halted, in June. At that time U.S. and United Nations. These goals fell apart and fighting resumed.

Earlier this year, Robert Karem, Assistant Secretary of International Security Affairs for the Pentagon, told Congress that there were about 50 U.S. military personnel assisting the Saudi military with pilot advising, refueling and intelligence.

Congressional leaders have repeatedly called on the Trump administration to limit or halt arms sales. Some say the Oct. 2 killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, have helped ratchet up the U.S. and other allies to limit or reduce support to the Saudis.

Officials in Turkey have said that Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered at the consulate in Istanbul by an assassination squad, including agents close to the prince.

But Mattis has said that U.S. involvement has helped limit casualties, saying U.S. influence on the air campaign has made a difference in reducing instances of errant bombing and the targeting of civilians.

"The U.S. will also continue to work with the Coalition and Yemen to reduce civilian casualties and expand urgent humanitarian efforts throughout the country," he said.

In the IG's quarterly report, released earlier this month, the authors noted that Pentagon officials were "unable to provide complete answers" in time for the report's publication.

The IG feels the Defense Department's official questions related to the operations, the metrics used to measure progress, the costs of operations, the number of US personnel involved, and the reason why operations were declared overseas contingency. operations. "

The Pentagon, submitted to the IG report.