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Yemen rebel calls for halt to military operations
[DAWN] A high-ranking Yemeni rebel official urged his leadership on Monday to freeze military operations and stop firing missiles into Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... as the UN prepares for peace talks. Mohammed Ali al-Huthi, head of the Huthi bully boys' Higher Revolutionary Committee and an influential political figure, tweeted that he also wants his group to announce "readiness to suspend and halt all military operations". He called on "all (Huthi) official Yemeni sides to issue directives to end launching missiles and drones against aggression countries... in order to deprive them from any reason to continue their aggression and siege." He also said the rebels should be ready "to freeze and stop all military operations on all fronts" to achieve "a just and honourable peace". Houthis have controlled the capital Sanaa since capturing it in late 2014. They have since fired hundreds of ballistic missiles into neighbouring Saudi Arabia, which since 2015 has led a regional military coalition aiming to restore to power the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. Although Mohammed Ali al-Huthi is head of the Iran-linked rebels' Higher Revolutionary Committee, he is not their ultimate decision-maker ‐ that power lies with supreme leader Abdulmalek al-Huthi. Mohammed Ali al-Huthi's comments came after UN special envoy Martin Griffiths said he would visit Sanaa this week to finalise arrangements for peace talks in Sweden. Griffiths ‐ whose efforts at kick-starting peace talks collapsed in September ‐ said both the government and the Houthis have shown a "renewed commitment" to work on a political solution. He said both sides have given "firm assurances" that they would attend the talks, although no date has yet been set. Posted by: Fred 2018-11-20 |
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