The US special envoy to Yemen expressed cautious optimism about the long-term potential for peace amid a fragile truce and talks between the different parties.
At least 78 people were killed and hundreds injured in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday in a stampede that occured at a charity event, said Houthi media. The event was held to distribute charitable donations to the poor in the last days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The top negotiator of Yemen's Ansarullah movement says peace talks with Saudi Arabia have made progress and further discussions will be held to iron out remaining differences.
Hans Grundberg, the United Nations envoy for Yemen, told The Associated Press on Sunday that now is “the closest Yemen has been to real progress towards lasting peace.”
between their countries. so why are iran and saudi arabia such enemies? part of it s down to religion saudi arabia is a sunny muslim country while iran is the pre eminent shia nation. it s a sectarian divide that goes back centuries. there s the battle for influence in the middle east iran and saudi arabia back opposite sides in the yemen conflict sides in the yemen conflict and support rival factions in lebanon for example. that rivalry is played out on a wider stage too saudi arabia is a western ally while iran is anything but and has closer ties with russia. so, could this meeting usher in a historic thawing of relations? earleir i spoke to ali vaez. he is iran project director, at the non governmental organisation, the international crisis group. it s a significant follow up move to the announcement of the deal in beijing last month for that we are kind of halfway through the timeline that was set for normalisation of