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  • Iran Asks Saudi Arabia to Restore Ties, Reopen Consulates to End Yemen War

    Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to reopen consulates and re-establish diplomatic ties as a prelude to ending the war in Yemen, with timing emerging as the key sticking point in Iraqi-brokered talks between the regional rivals, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. While world powers push for negotiations to resurrect the Iran nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic has quietly held four rounds of discussions aimed at easing years of tension with Saudi Arabia. The focus has been on Yemen, where the two countries back opposing sides.

  • Saudi Arabia calls on UN Security Council to impose deterrent measure on Yemen’s Houthis after Jazan airport attack

    The drone attack, the latest Houthi attempt to strike across the border into the Kingdom, also caused damage to the airport in Jazan.

  • U.N. ends Yemen war crimes probe in defeat for Western states

    Bahrain, Russia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council pushed through a vote on Thursday to shut down the body's war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging defeat for Western states who sought to keep the mission going. Members narrowly voted to reject a resolution led by the Netherlands to give the independent investigators another two years to monitor atrocities in Yemen's conflict.

  • Commentary: Iran, Saudi Arabia agree to create mechanism to end Yemen war, restore ties

    After a months-long hiatus due to the power transition in Tehran and the annual Haj pilgrimage, Iran and Saudi Arabia last week resumed their dialogue in Iraq. Amwaj.media has learned that the fourth round of talks between the two sides was held at Baghdad International Airport. The main issue on the table was Yemen as well as the restoring of bilateral diplomatic relations.

  • EU applying pressure for Yemen ceasefire, halting attacks on Saudi Arabia, says official

    “The EU countries are Saudi Arabia’s largest strategic partner,” EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles said during a press conference in Riyadh with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. “We fully support a peaceful settlement in Yemen. The European Union supports Saudi Arabia’s efforts to end the crisis in Yemen.”

  • Clashes between separatist forces kill four fighters in Yemen’s Aden

    Clashes in the Yemeni city of Aden on Saturday between members of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) killed at least four fighters before armoured vehicles were deployed and calm was restored, security sources and residents said. Residents had reported heavy gunfire throughout the day in Aden's central Crater district that houses government headquarters and the central bank. The port city has seen tension between the internationally recognised government and the STC over control of the south of the country.

  • White House aide discusses Yemen with Saudi crown prince

    "They had a detailed discussion of Yemen conflict, and both parties endorsed the efforts of the new UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg and agreed to intensify diplomatic engagement with all relevant parties. Special Envoy Lenderking will remain in the region to follow up on the detailed discussions," the official said.

  • U.S. to press Saudi crown prince for Yemen cease-fire

    Sullivan is being dispatched at a moment when the situation in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, has further deteriorated. Fighting has intensified in the key city of Marib, as Iran-backed rebels have sought to oust the Saudi-backed government from the oil-rich city in the country's north. International efforts to end the war have been fruitless. Tim Lenderking, the U.S. special envoy for Yemen, called out the Houthis in July for continuing "to refuse to engage meaningfully on a cease-fire and political talks." Saudi Arabia offered a cease-fire proposal to Yemen's Houthi rebels earlier this year as it looked to rehabilitate its image with the Biden administration.

  • Scores killed in fierce fighting over Yemen’s strategic city of Marib

    The Houthis initially escalated their efforts to seize Marib in February, hoping to seize control of the region's oil resources and strengthen their position in peace talks. Marib, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa, sits at a crossroads between the southern and northern regions and is key to controlling Yemen's north.

  • Protests in Yemen’s third-largest city against crumbling currency

    Security forces fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters in Yemen's third-largest city of Taiz on Monday as unrest over poverty spread in areas held by the Saudi-backed government. Dozens of people blocked a street and entrances to several districts in the disputed southwestern city with rocks and burning tires, witnesses said, before the crowd swelled to hundreds protesting sharp drops in the currency that has stoked inflation.