Yemen, government renews attempts to reach peace in Houthi-Salafi fighting
Una nuova tornata di incontri é stata organizzata questa settimana in diverse aree del Nord del paese, con lo scopo di mediare un accordo di pace tra gli Houthi ei Salafiti, i cui scontri si sono diffusi in tutta la regione da quando sono iniziati nella città di Dammaj a fine ottobre.
One presidential delegation arrived in the Haradh area of Hajja
governorate on Sunday amid reports of more fighting between a group of
Zaidi Shiites who have controlled parts of northern Yemen since 2011,
known as the Houthis, and the the Salafis, who are conservative Sunnis.
A
committee headed by Sana’a’s mayor, Abdulqader Hilal, arrived last week
in Sa’ada governorate to focus his efforts on Dammaj.
The
current commander of the Reserve Forces, Gen. Ali Al-Jayfi, has been
tasked with reaching a peace deal in the Arhab district of Sana’a
governorate between armed anti-Houthi tribesmen and Houthis. Fighting in
Arhab is the most recent evidence that the conflict is spilling over
into other parts of the country.
The central government has
made repeated attempts to secure a peace deal between the two warring
groups. A presidential delegation returned to Sana’a in December after
being unable to get both sides to follow through with a compromise they
had originally agreed to implement.
“If the government really
wants to end the conflict between the Houthis and the Salafis, it will
succeed,” said Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a Houthi representative at the
National Dialogue Conference. “Otherwise, the [newest] committee will be
as ineffective as the previous ones.”
On Sunday, demonstrators
are planning to march from the city of Sa’ada to Dammaj after being
bused from Sana’a in order to call for a peaceful resolution to the
conflict.
“There is coordination with the security authorities
to secure the road the participants will travel on,” said Mohammed
Al-Bashiri, the secretary general of the newly-established Al-Salam
Party, a group known for its peaceful advocacy work.
Yahia Abu
Asbo, the head of the original presidential committee that failed to
secure peace in Dammaj, said President Hadi has ordered that those
injured in the ongoing fighting receive medical treatment at the expense
of the state.
Source Yemen Times
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