For six years, unrealistic US and Saudi demands for a Houthi surrender have been spurned - but peace talks can still succeed Jamal Benomar is a former UN special envoy for Yemen The war in Yemen did not start on 26 March 2015. But that was when it became seemingly intractable. The morning of that day, the first Saudi bombs rained down on the capital, Sana'a, which the Houthis had captured the previous autumn. Less than a month later, a Saudi-drafted UN security council resolution demanded that t...
Power-sharing is the only way to end the war in Yemen - if the US supports it
The Guardian - 26 Mar 2021 12:00
For six years, unrealistic US and Saudi demands for a Houthi surrender have been spurned - but peace talks can still succeed Jamal Benomar is a former UN special envoy for Yemen The war in Yemen did not start on 26 March 2015. But that was when it became seemingly intractable. The morning of that day, the first Saudi bombs rained down on the capital, Sana'a, which the Houthis had captured the previous autumn. Less than a month later, a Saudi-drafted UN security council resolution demanded that t...
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