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| Yemeni govt. demands Saleh, Houthi excluded |
| 2016-05-25 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemen’s government delegates to peace talks in Kuwait have demanded that 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... be excluded from any political settlement, and that militias be disbanded before any agreement is reached. The UN-backed unity government delegates said Saleh and 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... Leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi need to be excluded prior to any political agreements. They also said militias need to be disbanded before any settlement can be reached. The delegation has also urged militias to release Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Mahmoud al-Subaihi and other political prisoners. Subaihi was leading a counter-offensive against the Houthis in Lahij governorate in March last year when he was captured by militia forces along with Faisal Rajab, commander of the pro-Hadi 119th Armored Brigade. They also called for the immediate release of journalists imprisoned in Houthi militia prisons, who have reportedly been on hunger strike while in jug. Peace talks in Kuwait ended with no resolutions as yet after the government representatives returned to the negotiating table, with close sources reporting that no topics of major disagreements and controversial topics being discussed during the last meeting. 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... Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement that a joint meeting was held between the two delegations which have gathered in Kuwait and later he met with them separately. He urged the two parties "to exert all efforts to achieve a sustainable solution for the sake of easing the suffering of Yemenis." "Any delay, retreat or boycott will take us backward and slow down the solution Yemenis are waiting for," Ould Cheikh Ahmed said. |
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