Yemen Official, Medics Say 14 Killed in Saudi-Led Airstrike

Speaking at a press conference in Kuwait, Ould Cheikh said the talks will be resumed within one month at a venue to be determined later.

More than three months of peace talks to end the war in Yemen came to a halt Saturday, leaving in doubt the future of a shaky cease-fire and threatening to deepen what has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

The talks would resume later, he said, without providing a specific date or the location but he added that they could return to Kuwait. “We believe the Kuwait talks made great progress”, he said without elaborating.

Officials said that the United States military on Thursday killed three Al-Qaeda operatives in a strike in Shabwa.

“We condemn any unilateral steps”.

He stressed that the peace process depends on the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2216, which stipulates that the rebels should pull back and surrender their arms.

Security deteriorated further after the Houthis swept into Sanaa and pushed south, forcing Hadi’s government to flee into exile in March a year ago.

Yemen descended into chaos after the 2012 removal of longtime president Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose forces are now fighting alongside the Houthi fighters.

Since the start of the two-year war, the Saudi-led coalition has been in control of the airspace over neighboring Yemen.

The members of the movement are now calling for a mass rally to show support for the new council.

They include Salah al-Sammad, head of the Huthis’ political wing Ansarullah, and Sadek Abu Ras, deputy head of Saleh’s party, the General People’s Congress.

The rebel alliance announced the creation of the council on July 28, a move denounced by Yemen’s internationally recognised government.

The draft plan called on the rebels to withdraw from territory they had occupied and give up heavy weapons seized from the army.

Mr Al Sammad was named as president, with the position to alternate between the two sides, Saba said.

The plan was presented as the UN’s final proposal to resolve the 16-month conflict.

In statements to the media, Al-Assiri said the Yemeni government forces will battle Houthi militias in Naham or anywhere else inside Yemen, reports Arab News. But the United Nations has said the vast majority of civilian deaths have been caused by airstrikes from the coalition, which is supported by the US.