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Arabia
Ground push 'needed to save lives'
2015-04-02
[ARABNEWS] Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassine has called for an Arab ground intervention in the country "as soon as possible."

Asked by an interviewer on Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath whether he sought an Arab ground intervention, Yassine responded: "Yes, we are asking for that, and as soon as possible, in order to save our infrastructure and save Yemenis under siege in many cities."

Saudi officials have stressed that the current operation against Houthis is aimed at restoring the legitimate government in Yemen.

Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, Saudi ambassador to the UK, said 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...
will negate Iran's policy and influence in the Arab world.

"We will not stop until the legitimate government is back," he said in a media interview.

He added: "We support the people of Yemen, regardless of their sect."

The envoy also said: "Iran is behaving in a manner that does not help the stability of the region."

The UN is backing embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi as Yemen's legitimate leader.

A front man in New York said the UN relocated its peace envoy for 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...
to Jordan and pulled its last 13 foreign employees from the country. Envoy Jamal Benomar left Yemen along with some 200 UN staff.

The international staff will go back to Yemen "as soon as circumstances permit," said UN front man Farhan Haq.

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