UNITED NATIONS: Yemen faces its best chance to strike a peace deal since the country’s civil war started over eight years ago, although much work remains to be done, UN envoy Hans Grundberg said Monday. “One year on since the parties agreed to a truce under UN auspices, Yemen is again at a critical juncture,” Grundberg, the secretary-general’s special envoy for Yemen, told the
RIYADH: Nineteen coalition detainees arrived at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday as part of the exchange agreement with the Houthi militia, Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki said. Sixteen Saudi and three Sudanese prisoners were part of the swap for the release of 250 Houthi prisoners who left Abha International
The Middle East is going through a recalibration process, with many regional countries resetting their diplomatic relations by signing accords and exchanging unprecedented visits. Turkiye is trying to seize the benefits of this climate of rapprochement by looking for a more institutionalized touch in its relations with regional countries that could bring solid outcomes in the
AL-MUKALLA: The Iran-backed Houthis have made additional demands in order to accept Saudi peace mediation, including an agreement between the militia and Saudi Arabia, dashing expectations of striking a peace deal to end the war in Yemen before the conclusion of Ramadan. A Yemeni government official told Arab News that Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber delayed his
The China-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which was announced on March 10, was positively received by Turkish policymakers in Ankara. Turkiye is one of the countries in the region that closely follows developments between Riyadh and Tehran. In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart last week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that