TEHRAN, March 29 - US Defense Secretary James Mattis suggested that refueling Saudi bombers over Yemen could help minimize civilian casualties. The 3-year conflict has resulted in thousands of civilian deaths.
TEHRAN, May 29, YJC - Civilian death in the fight against Daesh (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria is merely a “fact of life,” US Defense Secretary James Mattis says, noting that Washington’s has shifted its tactic against the terror group from “attrition” to “annihilation.”