Posted on 10/28/2019 10:42:18 AM PDT by ETCM
An initial agreement between Yemen's southern separatists and the internationally backed government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, designed to end a power struggle in the country's south, would see the separatists included in a new cabinet, according to a draft of the deal obtained by Al Jazeera.
The Saudi-brokered deal includes arrangements for a system of power that involves both Hadi's government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC), whose forces have been at loggerheads in Aden for months.
The draft agreement, expected to be announced in the coming days, followed weeks of negotiations hosted by Saudi Arabia.
Yemen's Information Minister Muammar Eryani said on Saturday that the agreement would be signed within two days.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
More fallout from Trump's policy of "no more endless wars". After the tanker attacks and strikes on Saudi Oil Infrastructure, Trump rebuffed the Kingdom's desperate requests for US retaliation against Iran. Now seeing his actions in Syria, they are moving to find political solutions in Yemen, and a less adversarial relationship with Iran.
Just as Trump forced the Kurds to the negotiating table with Assad, he has forced the Saudis too. Reuniting the Yemeni government and military will put them in a much better position to force the Houthis to negotiate. I have no idea how this will end, but I like the idea of these countries fixing their own problems rather than spilling American blood.
Only problem I have with all of this is eventually everyone in the Arab world will be happy and prosperous. Then together they will take on Israel.
Doubtful. IMHO the Arab world + Turks + Kurds + anyone-I -might-have-left-out will be fighting with each other until four seconds before the end of time. THEN and only then will the fighting stop.
Just an opinion.
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