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US Accuses Yemen’s Houthis of Obstructing Peace Efforts

Furniture and belongings are seen on a truck heading to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Muhammad Fuhaid
Furniture and belongings are seen on a truck heading to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Muhammad Fuhaid
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US Accuses Yemen’s Houthis of Obstructing Peace Efforts

Furniture and belongings are seen on a truck heading to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Muhammad Fuhaid
Furniture and belongings are seen on a truck heading to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Muhammad Fuhaid

The US envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, has warned that the economic instability in Yemen and the ongoing "brutal" Houthi offensive on Marib are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis and obstructing peace efforts.

Lenderking met a Saudi delegation in Washington to discuss developments in Yemen and the offensive of the Houthi militias.

The US State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs announced on Twitter that during the meeting, Lenderking discussed the need for rapid implementation of economic reforms to bring "immediate relief to the people."

The Saudi delegation included Saudi Ambassador to the US Princess Reema bint Bandar, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohamed Al Jaber, and Arab Coalition Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Turki al-Malki.

Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that Lenderking would return to the Middle East on a new tour, during which he will hold meetings in the region. It will be his 13th trip to the region since he assumed his position last February.

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Israel Conducts More Ground Raids in Southern Lebanon, Strikes Beirut Suburbs

Rubble is scattered at the site of an Israeli overnight airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Ablah in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Rubble is scattered at the site of an Israeli overnight airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Ablah in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
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Israel Conducts More Ground Raids in Southern Lebanon, Strikes Beirut Suburbs

Rubble is scattered at the site of an Israeli overnight airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Ablah in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Rubble is scattered at the site of an Israeli overnight airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Ablah in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on October 5, 2024. (AFP)

The Israeli military said on Saturday that special forces were carrying out ground raids against Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, destroying missiles, launchpads, watchtowers and weapons storage facilities.

The military said troops also dismantled tunnel shafts that Hezbollah used to approach the Israeli border.

Israeli airstrikes also hit areas in eastern Lebanon, according to state media. At least six people were killed, according to Lebanon’s state National News Agency (NNA).

Some 1,400 Lebanese, including Hezbollah fighters and civilians, have been killed and some 1.2 million driven from their homes since Israel escalated its strikes in late September aiming to cripple Hezbollah and push it away from the countries’ shared border.

On Tuesday, Israel launched a limited ground operation into southern Lebanon. Nine Israeli troops have been killed in close fighting in the area in the past few days, which is saturated with arms and explosives, the military said.

Beirut’s southern suburbs was hit by 12 Israeli airstrikes early Saturday, including one that badly damaged a large hall Hezbollah has used to hold ceremonies, said NNA.

Later in the day, more strikes hit the area, from which tens of thousands of people have fled over the past two weeks.