Withdrawal of US forces from Iraq in 2011.Establishment of parliamentary democracy and formation of new Shia-led government.Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq in 2008.Emergence of significant insurgency, rise of al-Qaeda in Iraq.Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein.The Yemeni government blamed the group for trying to sabotage the talks. The last round of peace talks in Geneva in September collapsed when the Houthis failed to show up, saying their delegation had been prevented from traveling. and the Coalition are planning to collaborate on building up legitimate Yemeni forces to defend the Yemeni people, secure their country’s borders, and contribute to counter Al Qaeda and ISIS efforts in Yemen and the region,” he said in a statement. Mattis said all parties support Griffiths’ efforts. The coalition expressed hope in its statement that his efforts would lead to a negotiated settlement, including an end to Houthi missile attacks that have targeted Saudi cities and vessels off the port of Hodeidah. special envoy Martin Griffiths hopes to convene Yemen’s warring parties for peace talks by the end of the year. The World Food Programme said on Thursday it planned to double food assistance for Yemen, aiming to reach up to 14 million people “to avert mass starvation”.Īir strikes by the coalition, which relies on Western arms and intelligence, have often hit schools, hospitals and markets, killing thousands of Yemeni civilians. bodies warn that an all-out attack on the Red Sea port, an entry point for 80 percent of Yemen’s food imports and aid relief, could trigger a famine in the impoverished country. Hodeidah has become a key battleground in the war in which the coalition intervened in 2015 to restore the internationally recognized government ousted by the Houthis. The statement also said there is concern over 900 detainees in the central prison in Hodeidah and six pre-trial detention facilities after it was hit on Monday by two mortar shells, injuring five and cutting off power and water to the prison. “The Saudi-led Coalition and pro-Hadi forces, the Houthi forces – and those who supply arms or other support to the parties to the conflict – all have the power or the influence to stop the starvation and killing of civilians, to give some reprieve to the people of Yemen,” Bachelet said in a statement on Saturday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for an immediate end to the military escalation in Yemen. “I say to our brothers there: Be patient, be steadfast … You are closer to victory than at any previous time,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech. for a ceasefire in Yemen “were good to hear” but could also be a trick aimed at timewasting. The leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group, which Saudi Arabia accuses of backing the Houthis, said calls from the United States, Europe and the U.N. He said the ceasefire call was an attempt “to save face after the humiliation” caused by the murder of Washington Post columnist Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi policy, that has strained Riyadh’s relationship with the West. by the U.S.-Saudi-Emirati coalition confirms that the American calls for a cease-fire are nothing but empty talk,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the group’s supreme revolutionary committee, wrote in a column published by the Washington Post on Friday. Riyadh also has nine KC-130 Hercules aircraft that can be used, it added. Saudi Arabia has a fleet of 23 planes for refueling operations, including six Airbus 330 MRTT used for Yemen, while the United Arab Emirates has six of the Airbus planes, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya al-Hadath channel reported on Saturday.
As a result, in consultation with the United States, the Coalition has requested the cessation of inflight refueling support for its operations in Yemen,” it said in a statement.
“Recently, the Kingdom and the Coalition increased its capability to independently conduct inflight refueling in Yemen.
The United States and Britain late last month called for a ceasefire in Yemen to support U.N.-led efforts to end the nearly four-year long war that has killed more than 10,000 people and triggered the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis. The move, announced by the coalition on Saturday and confirmed by Washington, comes at a time when Riyadh, already under scrutiny for civilian deaths in Yemen air strikes, is facing global furor and potential sanctions over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate on Oct.