The United States and Gulf states have discussed a new plan to join Houthi militia group in a unity government for ending conflict in Yemen.
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Secretary of State John Kerry has revealed a plan to restart talks to end the ongoing civil war in Yemen with help from Saudi Arabia.
The UN brokered three months of peace talks in Kuwait but they were suspended earlier this month when the government reacted angrily to the rebels’ appointment of a new ruling council in Sanaa.
The conflict escalated previous year when Saudi Arabia launched a massive military campaign in Yemen aimed at reversing Houthi military gains and restoring Hadi’s embattled government.
Jubeir said Saudi Arabia and the United States had agreed a way forward for Yemen and said the U.N. envoy to Yemen would take it up with the parties.
The U.N. estimates that 3,799 Yemeni civilians have been killed since March 2015, AP reports, adding that the “U.N. and rights groups estimate at least 9,000 people overall have died”.
Russian Federation has primarily targeted rebels, some backed by Saudi Arabia, who are fighting to overthrow president Bashar Al Assad, making Riyadh’s support for the plan crucial.
“It is a threat to the United States and it can not continue”.
The continuous air campaign came amid a flurry of meetings between Kerry, Saudi King Salman and other key players that focused on Yemen and Syria. The fighting also resumed across borders between Yemen and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
After Reuters filed the report, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said in a statement that, “Even as we assist the Saudis regarding their territorial integrity, it does not mean that we will refrain from expressing our concern about the war in Yemen and how it has been waged”.
A report from the U.N. Human Rights Council released Thursday details a number of allegations of human rights abuses committed in Yemen over the past 18 months that have led to thousands of deaths and left millions of people without proper food.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states back rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces, and are members of the US -led coalition bombing IS in Iraq and Syria.
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Thursday’s report by the United Nations rights office also denounced the recruitment of child fighters in Yemen, civilian casualties linked to suspected USA drone strikes that target al-Qaida’s local branch, attacks on human rights defenders and a crackdown on freedom of expression. Russian Federation and Iran, however, are strong backers of the Syrian president and have been accused of targeting moderate opposition forces, some of whom are supported by Washington and Gulf Arab states.
