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Yemen government demands Houthis release captives to restart talks
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemen's government said Sunday that it will return to the negotiating table with Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militias if they release all the prisoners they are holding. "It is necessary to show goodwill before the start of new talks through the release of all the detainees in their prisons," Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher said at talks with United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... envoy Martin Griffiths in Riyadh, the Saba news agency reported. He also demanded for the Houthis to "facilitate the arrival of humanitarian aid  " in provinces where they control airports and ports.UN envoy to Yemen  ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...Griffiths has been trying for weeks to restart talks on ending the conflict between Yemen's government and the Iran-aligned Houthis that has killed nearly 10,000 people in the past three years. Bin Dagher told Griffiths that any talks would have to lead to a withdrawal of Houthi militias from the capital Sanaa and other towns under their control, and the group's disarmament, Saba reported. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-23 |
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