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| Pro, anti-government protests held in Sana'a |
| 2014-08-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] Rival protests have been staged in the Yemeni capital Sanaâ™a after a government negotiating team abandoned talks with Shia Houthis. Reports said on Sunday that rival leaders encouraged their followers to participate in the rallies in different parts of Sanaâ™a. The anti-government protesters, who support the Houthis, mainly gathered in the north of the capital. The pro-government demonstrations were mainly organized in the central part of the capital. There have been no reports of festivities between the two groups. Earlier in the day, Abdulmalek al-Mikhlafi, the front man for the governmentâ™s negotiating team, said that the 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" ... fighters ârejected all the proposals presented to them,â and that the ânegotiations in Saâ™ada have failed.â Sources say the proposal suggested forming a technocrat government within one month from the date of signing the draft document. It also includes an offer to set up an economic committee to review a bone of contention over the fuel subsidies in the country. The delegation representing President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi had been holding negotiations with Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Huthi in Saâ™ada since Thursday in an effort to persuade him to end the demonstrations. |
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