Yemen Fighting Rages As Truce Talks Collapse -- Yemen
Fierce battles continue for second day in capital city Sanaa, pushing country to the brink of civil war.
The United Nations has failed to mediate a peace deal between Yemen's Houthi rebels and the government, as Shia fighters advanced into the capital in an escalation of violence that has brought the country to the verge of a civil war.
The UN envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, left the northern city of Saada on Friday after trying to mediate a deal that could pave the way for a new government and more political representation for the Houthis.
Fighting between rebels and government troops continued for a second day in capital Sanaa on Friday as the ceasefire collapsed, with the warring sides attacking each other a kilometre from the presidential palace compound.
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Yemen's Shiite rebels, Sunni militiamen fighting in suburb of the capital -- FOX News/AP
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Airlines Suspend Flights to Yemen Amid Heavy Fighting -- VOA
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Airlines halt flights to Yemen amid fighting -- AP
Clashes in Sanaa has Yemenis fearing sectarian strife -- Middle East Eye
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2 comments:
The Obama regime said Yemen was a success story.
It was declared a success because AQAP was beaten back.
It is not a success when you use so much time attention and resources to beat back one threat that you cannot give oproper attention to another.
It is like a point spread in football, when you are betting. You know a particular team will win with a high degree of certainty. So no one will bet. So you bet on the spread.
With the U.S. assisting the Yemeni government we were pretty sure that AQAP would be defeated. But it matters if it takes them 6 months to defeat them or 12 months. That "time is the spread'.
If they had taken a shorter time to defeat AQAP they would have had more time to negotiate or fight with the Houthi.
If the government had not spent so much time fighting in the east, they might have felt more secure and more inclined to negotiate maybe.
So diplomats/FSOs have a big stake in military operations being done right.
The Houthi are tough. A negotiated settlement would have been better. If the Middle East keeps circling the drain hole at some point the Yemeni government and the Saudis (if it survives) are going to pacify north Yemen.
I agree Aizino .... success story it is not.
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