...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
has reportedly drawn up a peace plan to end the Saudi war on 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...amid the failure of international diplomacy to halt the deadly aggression.
The peace plan calls on Yemen’s 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...
Ansarullah movement to renounce its ballistic missiles in return for an end to the bombing campaign by 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...
and a transitional governance agreement, Rooters reported Friday.
The draft document, cited by the news agency, has been drafted by the UN’s Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths. It says, "Heavy and medium weapons including ballistic missiles shall be handed over by non-state military actors in an orderly and planned fashion."
The document calls for establishing an inclusive transition government, "in which political components shall be adequately represented," in an apparent not to the Houthis. The plan, however, offers no detail on how much representation the Houthis might receive in the transitional government.
The Houthis and this allies administer Sana'a and are unlikely to cede the capital without participation in a future government.
Previous efforts to end the Saudi war, which had has left 600,000 Yemeni civilians dead and injured since 2015, have failed.
A source familiar with the plan said, "The intention is to link security and political aspects starting with a cessation of fighting ... then to move toward a withdrawal of forces and the formation of a national unity government."
An Ansarullah official welcomed the UN plan, calling the ceasefire the first building block in the political process.
The official said the previous truces had failed, but "our optimism will be determined by how serious the other parties are of the UN role."
The plan, which has not been made public, is the latest effort to end the war, which has led to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Anwar Gargash, the UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs, signaled Abu Dhabi's desire to support Griffiths' efforts but a front man for the so-called Saudi coalition declined to comment on the draft document, which he said he had not seen.