UN’s new Yemen envoy aims to revive talks amid Saudi raids
UN's newly-appointed UN special envoy to Yemen has begun looking for ways to initiate peace talks in the war-ravaged country, as Saudi Arabia’s aerial assaults against the Yemeni territory continue unabated.
The Sunday development came as the country’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement has demanded an end to the destructive Saudi airstrikes against the nation’s industrial, civilian and military targets as a key condition for the UN-sponsored talks.
The deadly Saudi air raids, however, persisted on Sunday as dozens of people were reported killed and many more injured when the kingdom’s war planes bombarded several areas across the impoverished nation, including the presidential compounds in al-Nahdain and Jabal al-Naqam neighborhoods of the capital, Sana’a.
Saudi warplanes also fired a number of missiles into Faj Attan and al-Hafa military bases on the western outskirts of Sana’a, as well as al-Arqoub military camp, which lies east of the Yemeni capital.
The UN confirmed Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as the new special envoy to Yemen on Saturday, replacing Moroccan Jamal Benomar, who resigned last week following what diplomats referred to as strong criticism of his performance by Persian Gulf Arab monarchies allied with the Saudi regime.
Saudi Arabia launched its air campaign against Yemen on March 26 - without a United Nations mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
On April 21, Riyadh announced the end of the first phase of its unlawful military operation, which has claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people, but airstrikes have continued with Saudi bombers targeting different areas across the country.
According to Yemen’s Health Ministry, the month-long Saudi aggression has killed nearly 150 children and around 100 women.
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