Familiar faces add to complications as remedy to Yemen conflict remains distant


Issue 1008 - 21 Jan 2016 | 4 minute read

Often described as an alliance of convenience, the coalition of Zaydi-Shia Houthi rebels and deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh has entered a new phase that may not bode well for the United Nations-led peace process. Recent setbacks and unrelenting aerial bombardment by the Saudi-led Arab Coalition have strengthened the once unlikely alliance, stiffening the resolve of Houthi and Saleh’s General People’s Congress (GPC) forces. Fighting continues on several fronts – with some seeing wily old operator Major General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar as a player in the ‘Resistance’ to his erstwhile ally Saleh.

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