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A Yemeni delegation is apparently in Saudi Arabia at the moment, participating in talks with the Saudis to end the war against Yemen. This appears to be the most serious effort made so far in order to reach a ceasefire, following the talks that took place in Oman, and later in Switzerland.

The talks apparently coincide with a lull in the fighting on the border between the two countries, and in Saudi airstrikes on the embargoed Yemen.

The Yemeni delegation in Saudi Arabia is headed by Mohammad Abdel Salam, who also happens to be Ansarullah’s main spokesman and senior advisor to the leader of Ansarullah, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. Abdel Salam previously also led the Yemeni delegation that took part in the Oman talks, which paved the way for the U.N sponsored talks on Yemen in Switzerland.

Moreover, the invitation is said to be at the invitation of the Saudis, who have yet to comment on the matter, and neither has the Saudi foreign ministry. The development is somewhat surprising, as the Saudis previously indicated that they are unwilling to negotiate until the Yemeni capital Sanaa falls in the hands of its allies.

So far, this war has seen more than 6000 civilians killed, thousands more injured, and hundreds of thousands displaced as homes, hospitals, schools, and other civilian buildings targeted in Yemen in a heavy bombing campaign in which Saudi Arabia has been accused of a number of war crimes and massacres.

Saudi Arabia’s war against Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, began in March 2015. Its goals were to destroy the Ansarullah movement and restore Abed Rabbuh Mansour Hadi as president (keeping in mind that he had resigned from this position on January 21st, 2015), the two of which Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve a year into their heavy bombing campaign.

Source: Reuters