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| Hadi ready for Dec. 15 cease-fire |
| 2015-12-08 |
| [ARABNEWS] Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is prepared to call a cease-fire on Dec. 15 to coincide with the start of UN-led peace talks in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... , the UN mediator said on Monday. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, speaking to news hounds in Geneva said: "They (the coalition) are certainly on board regarding our discussion on the cease-fire but they made it very clear that the cease-fire request has to come from President Hadi. I went to Aden to meet President Hadi -- as you know, I was in Aden two days ago -- and President Hadi has given me his commitment that he is ready now to call for this cease-fire starting on Dec. 15." Ahmed said three delegations had agreed to come to the talks, likely to be held outside of Geneva. They include representatives Hadi's government, a delegation of the Iran-backed 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels, and officials from the General People's Congress, who are loyalists of deposed President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... Ahmed said there was no timeline for the negotiations, vowing they would last "as long as it takes." Yemeni president meanwhile named a new governor for Aden on Monday following the killing of Jaafar Saad in a boom-mobile claimed by Daesh [Islamic State]. Hadi appointed Aidarus Al-Zubaidi, the leader of the pro-government Popular Resistance militia in Daleh province, according to a presidential decree. |
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