Yemen says it is ready to resume peace efforts, coalition silent
Aden - The Saudi-backed Yemeni government says it is ready to work on confidence-building measures under UN-led peace efforts as the US presses for an end to a war that has pushed Yemen to the brink of starvation. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who are leading a coalition fighting Yemen’s Iranian-aligned Houthi insurgents in a conflict that has lasted more than three years, have yet to publicly comment on calls by the US and Britain for a ceasefire. The fighting has killed more than 10,000 people, according to UN figures. The alliance, which relies on western arms and intelligence, was on Wednesday still sending troops to the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah where it has massed thousands of forces in recent days, pro-coalition Yemeni military sources said. The kingdom’s ties with the West have been strained by the furore over the killing of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2, and its conduct in the Yemen war, in whi...
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