two-month truce, powers to a new Governing Council
The UAE, along with Saudi Arabia and the United States, also welcomed the the fire ceasesstarted right with the Ramadanbetween the warring parties in Yemen: on the one hand i Houthi Shiite rebelssupported by Iran, on the other hand the president recognized by the international community, Rabbo Mansour Hadi, supported by Saudi-led Arab military coalition that has entered the conflict since 2015. According to what was announced by the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, the parties have to stop all offensive operations military, air, land and sea within Yemen, for two months.
They also stipulated that fuel ships can enter the port of Hodeidah and that commercial flights can operate again at the airport of the capital, Sanaa, both cities under the control of Shia rebels. The goal of the truce, added Grunberg, is to dare the population to take a break from violence, after years of war, relief from suffering – the Yemeni one, according to the UN, is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world – and opens the way to peace. It’s a new way seems to emerge: after months of resurgence in the clashes, which saw Houti missiles as far as Saudi Arabia and, for the first time, also here in the United Arab Emirates, the Yemeni president has transferred his powers to a Presidential Governing Council.
The new body, made up of members of all Yemeni factions, is charged with ending the conflict and restoring order in the country. At the helm, Rashad Al-Alimi, who has close ties to Saudi Arabia and other factions, including the powerful Islah party, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen. A decision that has the clear intention of unifying the anti-Houthi front, after years of internal struggles between the various political groups, which have further exacerbated the war. And while waiting to understand if the Houthis will dialogue with the newly born political body, and if the truce will really hold up this time, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have allocated 3 billion dollars for the country’s devastated economy, they asked the UN for a conference and urged the Council to immediately start shops with the Shiite rebels.