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For many the war any yemen has become a story of numbers at least ten thousand People Killed two million displaced from their homes and millions more on the brink of famine now one thousand days since the start of the conflict rebels say they launched a Ballistic Missile targeting a royal palace in the saudi capital riyadh augie really the strongest display of defiance yet the power struggle between the healthy rebel group and president abdullah gul muscle hadi who is backed by a sounding Led Coalition has turned into a regional confrontation and as always its civilians hawse suffering the most. Was walking out of her fathers Cement Factory north of the capital sanaa when the building was hit by an airstrike but the blast waves twisted her back shes now struggling to walk doctors say her spine was damaged during the attack while her life has been shattered by the conflict in her country dreams of graduating and becoming doctor and i used to go to school and fit my life was beautiful because i could walk and right now i cant walk to school i can only go to the wheelchair i used to be able to sit in a chair at my desk and write but now when i try to write my hand hurts i used to love writing but now i cant even hold a pen. But the conflict in yemen shows no sign of abating on tuesday the who thiis fired a Ballistic Missile to was the saudi capital of riyadh they say they were targeting a meeting of senior officials of the yemeni royal palace saudi arabia accuses iran of supplying the houthi is with the messiah and as the conflicts continue there are fears of a wider regional confrontation the healthy is the remain defiant and. We face a war carried out by ten countries and their attempts to create more divisions and chaos but that has failed and we still lead the front against the aggressors. Meanwhile the fighting rages near the capital sanaa forces loyal to president i would. Are struggling to break earthy defense lines civilians caught in the fighting. Thousands of people have been killed since the start of the conflict into thousand and fifteen and im going to my hope is that two thousand and eighteen comes along with peace and end of aggression and blockade. Post my country but i also hope that all the parties come together and build a democratic state. Millions of their money is struggle to find food and shelter the country which faces the worlds biggest humanitarian crisis is also politically divided first by the International Community to negotiate a settlement suffered a setback earlier this month when the country is asked at leader. Was killed by the whole thing. But for many yemenis like neuron perhaps suffer the most in this conflict and and to the fighting cant come soon enough. Going into this war in early two thousand and fifteen the saudi Led Coalition had a few objectives one to restore legitimacy and son are by bringing the internationally recognized president have the back to power to to militarily defeat the whole theories who had been a prominent rebel group in yemen for years and three to finally implement the federalism plan that was agreed upon by regional powers in two thousand and fourteen lets bring in our panel joining us in kuwait city professor of Political Science university from oxford in the u. K. From the London Middle East Institute at the school of oriental and African Studies and in london also. A writer columnist and editor of alcotts newspaper welcome to all of you start by asking dr abdullah shows you this weve seen an uptick in the launch of Ballistic Missiles towards saudi arabia for you is this an indication of further escalation in this conflict well thank you. My greetings to all of the other panelists the viewers. This is no this was predictable i mean this war has been going on today for a thousand days since the launching of Operation Decisive stormed back in the twenty fifth of march twenty fifteen and it is a well its a tough war its a difficult war because its a war that has been in gauged within the mentality and the environment of a cold war atmosphere between two major rivals saudi arabia led g. C. C. Unfortunately it now with more fragmented then it was when the war was launched and on the other side you have iran which has a very ambitious project to be the dominant power and the head german of the region and using. Within this environment both the proxy wars through the whole thiis the share of the hezbollah and all the rain in towards the states are nonstate actors that have been playing out in this region on the other hand you have also a symmetrical warfare for iran and its proxies to be able to circumvent and to cover the huge gap between the armament of the g. C. C. And saudi arabia which is ten times that of iran and sprog says so because of that what happened what took place was a major escalation by iran not by the whole thesis that we had or has apparently especially after the first missile that hit back on the fourth of or that was down to riyadh back on the fourth of november of last month and this is another message sent out to the saudis to the americans after became haley the u. S. Ambassador to United Nations displayed with what she said and we will go against the problem we will go into the obligation as any and maybe and transfer to the iranian to this to the whole is the reason why asking this element go to hell is basically were blocking a grim milestone which is basically one thousand days since the start of the conflict in yemen that. Had a massive impact on people and on the country on its own and were seeing more confrontation the saudis accusing the iranians of being involved providing the truth the use of Ballistic Missile as are you concerned this is something that might go on for ever in the region well i think thank you for asking me and i just would like to start by pointing out that although i accept some of the points of the previous speaker that there is an involvement and then there is a cold war element to the situation in yemen there queenly those elements that have been super imposed on. A very problematic internal yemeni battle between on the one hand who sees and now everybody else simply now that the who thieves have defeated or have killed salah last we last week we are now in a situation where a lot of. Supporters have dispersed and have different positions. Basically the war is a yemeni war and the yemeni problem in which the saudi Led Coalition initially joined in with the explicit intention of returning the transitional regime of president had the into power something which is less and less frequently mention now almost always the mention is that it is a saudi irena and proxy war there is very obviously and straightforwardly a saudi in involvement the rayney an involvement is far more debatable and i think personally i think it certainly exists that its far less than is claimed and i think the cold war and International Aspects mentioned by the previous speaker are relevant but they are not at the root of the problem the root of the problem is in the m. N. In the problem issues between the numerous factions that are in yemen and somehow do you see any diplomatic way out of this crisis well if there are in the there is a diplomatic way there is a diplomatic solution if the intention is and the willing there is to be diplomatic we have the a clear resolutions by the not nation we have the outcomes of the yemeni Dialogue National dialogue and we have the. Initiative there are the three main. Pillars which could be referred to when we come to the political process but unfortunately until now there are some conflict there are some different entrances between different country. The super country the super powers in the world which doesnt look at the war and conflict in yemen as important as it is in different areas in the world thats why they dont try to solve it until this point of time and i think from inside the country the hope is after killing mr psylocke their ally the former president they are trying to claim that they are the only way to present it over their many and they are trying to send a strong message to the saudis in all in order to pot pressure on them so that they accept the truth is as a main player and main factor in an inside the country so that they can negotiate their future in yemen between the saudis and the whole it is and i think there is a different message which is meant to be very strong to the supporters the whole of the supporters inside the country especially after losing by hand to hand is a very important area on which they lost a few days ago and it is on their own the way is where they smuggle weapons in shot by the south but after that it was her that narrative again and again about the whole thing is losing ground when the hope is still control huge areas lets just start dissecting this whole problem because sometimes people. Are lost when it comes to whos who whos fighting who indiaman ducked out of. So there are there is the troops there are the troops loyal to president of the board but so how do you who is the internationally recognized as president of yemen then you have this alliance between for the allies of the. President Ali Abdullah Saleh who was killed recently and the who things who control much of the northern part of the country and then you have the saudi Led Coalition. Whos doing what here in yemen or yemen is a very complex situation i mean. Wars within wars you have the whole thiis who are now running the show in the capital and in the northern part of yemen you have also the saleh faction that probably now will be but we think in the dynamics of the after his assassination by the whole with these who happen to be his enemies then his allies then his assassins then you have also oil dont forget the are that in the south and also doris. Mingling all over the place and then you have the enhance hope will come in and to spoil everything. The speaker from from oxford stated and i. Disagree with her. Or stated that its not the root of the issue but iran always is the beneficial of all the blunders that the United States and the west have been committing starting with the iraq with the toppling of Saddam Hussein and then the the iran. Nuclear program and the the flip flopping in syria and not to even take again is dan rather luscious origin cant you all of that has to tell you what he wanted to the mess that we are living now in and including yemen and that is a problem with that argument in particular among the iranian. Involvement if this is the case why the saudis and the u. A. E. Who are key players in yemen playing a divisive fruit in the country which is tilting the ground towards the iranians as you say. Because when you look at the the u. A. E. There is there is also a if you are lonely hardship there is a mismanagement of this war clearly there is a mismanagement there is a miscalculation and wars have wars are not the picnic i mean over will who are the launches a war does not mean that it could be be it hes able to end it according to his plans wars are messy business and are unpredictable in their outcomes so because yemen is a classic case of that analogy and because of that we see now there is a rethinking outside the box by the important meeting that took place last ones day in riyadh with the presence of the crown princes of saudi arabia and dubby would be a slob leadership that has been shunned and have been labeled as a terrorist organization or a group and now there is a rethinking and probably there are there sure there would be new dynamics within the context of standing up to iran and to the whole with the specially the party has stated clearly that their arch enemy of the hoof is and iran and because of that there is a meeting of hearts at this stage and probably we will see in the next phase of the ongoing saga in yemen a major of a shift in alliances and this could really lead to some kind of a solution there is no way there is no military solution to the to the mayhem in yemen its going to be a political one but the problem has existed there was mismanagement of the war there is an exploitation by iran of the of the situation there is also a hands off approach and also neglecting. Negligence by the americans and by the p five members of the United Security council of money acting decisively in the. Heart of protecting the u. S. Embassy and was. And embassies and son are as a terrorist organization and not coming harsh enough on them and labeling them as terrorists organizations and slapping them with sanctions what their supporters and with their allies miss helen youre say that yemens biggest problem is basically failing this transition from under to or talk or see a tribal. Old system into. Democracy is this something that could be solved any time soon well i think that some likely to be solved in a hurry but i would like to come back to some of the points that were made and i think the first point is that to you no need go sheesh and are not likely to happen as long as we have one side determined to stick to a position which is completely unrealistic u. N. Resolution two two one six many many people have been claiming that its time that this one was revised and reviewed and that is an absolute essential ingredient to changing the situation i think the second point i want to make in relation to what people said there is certainly the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh and indeed the meetings last week with. The saudis and immunities are certainly indications of very significant changes in alliances and in the direction of events within yemen but they are not fundamental changes in the sense that they are not going to put an end to the war and we have a situation now where the who feel that they are on a winning streak i wont go back to the argument as to the degree of mint of iran i think its not you know its not sufficiently significant but it is certainly in my view increasing its moving from having being almost totally insignificant to becoming increasingly significant and i think the issue one has to look at and particularly if youre looking in terms of the long term politics of internal politics is you know to what extent and how long and who sees maintain their upward trend because they think they are winning militarily as far as theyre concerned they started in two thousand and four as some minor little group and theyve now defeated them killed. And right you know attacking they. Its just another sign of of their feeling of superiority and militarily but i dont think that theyre that the political situation internally is similar because their Political Support is the cream limited and indeed they are increasingly ok like most people in the areas which they still control mr libby some have a joint thing thats an important point to get make that were further explore this particular internal aspect of this is why im moving now to mr muhammad you may disagree with the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh many believe would in the disintegration of the general Congress Party which leaves yemen with three main components basically the Sunni Islamic party which is based mostly from ties all the way to the south the whole thing is her control now most of the northern part of the country and the secessionist in the south of the country this we groups negotiate a settlement in the future or do you think that the divide is so huge that they wont be able to set aside their differences. I think. There are some shifts in the political map in n. M. And after the death of the messiah firstly the silence parties will be divided. In two maybe three parties one of them will join president hardys party which is the same party im in the section or. Side of sparta who follows mr hardy now and the other party will the other section will join the ots and the. Third one will maybe follow his son who is now in abu dhabi and there are some sort of negotiation between different leaders of this party to. Try to knighted the party away from the leggett president of the womans or hardy and away from the truth is we have the south and movement we have islam so i think we and we have the hope is that in a way they can negotiate a settlement in the future they can buy the product the problem is the solution is not only in their hands its in the regional hands and its also in the international for so speaking of the you not me is there is no there is no willingness to implement the resolutions of the united knighted nation ok speaking of those resolutions speaking of the regional and international influence as you were talking about a conflict that is claiming the lives of thousands of people destroying entire neighborhoods in in the country forcing millions of people out of their villages why is it taking the International Community so long to say enough is enough this war should come to an end. Well its the same old thing that i mean what happened in iraq what happened in syria. Just today for you to give you a give you a very shocking figure today a. P. Investigation a published report that is really very damaging it says between one thousand and eleven thousand people have been killed civilians have been killed in mosul to drive out the the the isis fighters there i mean not that much number of the number is not as much as that have been killed and sun are and other major cities but there is that there is a humanitarian a major menace in yemen as a result even before i mean the war yemen was in a big mess and it was one of the poorest arab country and it was probably the First Capital in the words are not run out of water and that was before whole of the twenty eleven so much and now its on our and other parts of the of the country especially those parts of that are controlled by the whole with these are suffering immensely and this water really has come to an end but it will not come to an end if we belittle the role of the in the lack of engagement and syrian in seriousness by the International Community they are not really adhering or implementing or sanction ok the last parties that are part. For for a prolonged ing the war and this are the whole thiis and just one last the word for our colleague and knocks for belittling iranian role is not really helpful that involving the whole were running are so proud of time and would like the other funding them sending them weapons and i urge you i will finish with this i will urge you to read the report that was sent just a few days ago by good terrorists the United Nations security. Secretary to the Security Council implicating iran of supporting having missile nonetheless for the vendor minutes and miss helen what can the u. S. And the u. S. And the International Community do to stop this conflict. I think the first thing they need to do is to review the un s c two two one six and have a more balanced of resolution which will allow dealing with all the parties that are involved in the war and not just two parties of which one of which is not very significant at the moment i think the second thing they really need to do is to. Try and stop and the arms going in and that means that the west has to stop selling arms to the saudis and the immunities but the most important thing here needs to be done by the International Community is to put an end to the blockade of food that is preventing food and fuel from coming and keeping the population alive were talking about seventeen to eighteen Million People who dont know where the next meal is coming from thank you talking about seven Million People since the beginning of the year who are on the brink supposedly of starvation and this is because not because humanitarian aid is not allowed in its because commercial food is not you know allowing you very much indeed through her day that for christians the port that takes eighty percent is sort of homeless of the country a little previous that is tell it one second as the previous speaker just said you know with mojo miltie of the population are in the area controlled by the who things so if they are not going to be allowed to be dying of hunger then food has and fuel have to be allowed in to provide them with the basics to fit a simple surviving q thank you very much indeed of course it will have to leave it thank you to have a lot of. 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