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Saudi TV report, Houthi chief raise hopes for Yemen peace talks
[Al Jazeera] Yemen's warring parties have suggested they will attend the United Nations...a formerly good idea gone bad... -sponsored peace talks in Sweden next week as efforts aimed at ending a conflict that has pushed millions to the edge of starvation gather pace. A delegation of Yemen's Saudi and UAE-backed government will arrive in the city of Stockholm for the summit next week after 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... counterparts show up first, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television channel reported on Thursday. The al-Arabiya report came hours after Britannia's ambassador to Yemen, Michael Aron, said the warring factions would attend the summit in Stockholm following discussions with their respective representatives. Posted by: Fred 2018-11-30 |
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