Rai al-Youm: The proxy war in Sudan

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. Yet another calamity contrived by the US and Israel with the collusion of Arab regimes As the war in Yemen ends or begins to be ended, a new war is being started in Sudan. What the two conflicts on opposite sides of the Red Sea…

RIAC: De-Escalation for the Gulf—Success and Challenge for China

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Nikolay Surkov. In March 2023, seven years after diplomatic relations were severed, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) have agreed to reopen their embassies. This decision opens up the possibility of reducing tensions in the Gulf and, in the long term,…

Rai al-Youm: End in sight to the Yemen war?

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. Reported ‘understandings’ between Riyadh and Sanaa could mark a turning-point If reports that Saudi Arabia has decided to end the war in Yemen are correct — and they would appear to be given the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement — that would mark a major turning-point in the…

Rai al-Youm: Raisi to Riyadh

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. The Iranian-Saudi reconciliation is proceeding apace — but the US could still try to sink it The Saudi-Iranian entente launched by the signing of last week’s Chinese-sponsored bilateral agreements quickly moved towards the full normalisation of relations and ‘zeroing’ of all problems between the two…

The Jordan Times: Implications of Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Arabia, Iran

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Amer Al Sabaileh. Last week, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations at a summit in Beijing. Track two diplomacy between the two countries started two years ago, when the former Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al Kadimi played a major role in paving the way for…

The Jordan Times: The dangerous repercussion of the failure of renewed truce in Yemen

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Amer Al Sabaileh. After a six-month truce, the Yemeni government and the Houthis failed to extend the nationwide ceasefire. The current situation might well lead Yemen towards another chapter of violent escalation within its protracted civil war. An escalation that cannot be viewed in isolation from the surrounding…

Rai al-Youm: Yemen: the truce is over

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. Sanaa can’t just sit back while the blockade persists and the noose is tighten When the Ansarullah-led government in Sanaa held two massive military parades featuring modern missiles and drones, it was clear it was serving notice that the latest two-month ceasefire has expired and…

A truce giving Yemenis hopes for peace

Yemeni government and Houthis failed to extend a six-month truce that saw a lull in fighting in the eight-year conflict. US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, discussed, on Tuesday November 29, with the Under-Secretary of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Diplomatic Affairs, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Ali Bin Isa Al-Harthi, efforts to reach

Americans need to end their indifference concerning the war in Yemen

Originally posted on The Peace Pirate:
America And It’s Military Industrial Complex Have Facilitated A Destructive War In Yemen That’s Already Claimed 400,000 Lives. Interest in the war that has been ongoing in Yemen since 2015 has been persistently limited, whether among diplomats, the media, or the general public. This is surprising when one thinks…

Yemen: A country in crisis, what the world governments should practice and advocate to bring an end to the conflict

Originally posted on Sadiq's Blog:
Sadiq Salawudeen Yemen has been a country in crisis since 2015. The resignation of the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the rising to power of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. He was forced to leave the office by the revolt from the Houthi resistance force. Since Mansur became overthrown,…