Yemen Says May Resort to ‘Difficult Choices’ to Make Houthis Accept Peace 

UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg concluded on Wednesday a trip to Oman. (Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on Twitter)
UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg concluded on Wednesday a trip to Oman. (Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on Twitter)
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Yemen Says May Resort to ‘Difficult Choices’ to Make Houthis Accept Peace 

UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg concluded on Wednesday a trip to Oman. (Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on Twitter)
UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg concluded on Wednesday a trip to Oman. (Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on Twitter)

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council reiterated on Wednesday its commitment to just peace according to the three references. 

It stressed, however, that it may resort to “difficult choices” to force the Iran-backed Houthi militias to restore calm and end the state of “neither war, nor peace.” 

Members of the PLC held various meetings with western ambassadors as part of efforts to revive peace efforts in Yemen that have stumbled because of Houthi intransigence. 

Yemeni sources have expressed concern that the intense diplomatic efforts may be attempts to extract new concessions from the legitimate government. 

PLC member Aidroos al-Zubaidi met with UK Ambassador to Yemen Richard Oppenheim in Riyadh for talks on the latest political, military and humanitarian developments. 

They tackled UN envoy Hans Grundberg’s efforts to restore the nationwide truce, as well as regional and international efforts to establish peace amid the constant Houthi escalation on the ground and their rejection of peace initiatives. 

Real peace begins when the lives of people are saved and when oil facilities are protected against Houthi attacks, Zubaidi said. 

He urged Britain to play a greater role in garnering economic support to Yemen and seeking all means to protect economic installations so that the PLC and legitimate government can resume the production and export of oil. 

Zubaidi had met on Tuesday with French Ambassador Jean-Marie Safa. 

PLC member Abdulrahman al-Mahrami, meanwhile, met with US Ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin to discuss the latest developments in Yemen and regional and international peace efforts. 

Grunberg is set to present a briefing before the UN Security Council next week. 

On Wednesday, he concluded a visit to the Omani capital Muscat where he met with Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi and senior officials.  

“The sides discussed developments in Yemen and regional and international efforts to renew the truce and work toward a political settlement,” tweeted the envoy’s office. 



Hezbollah Says it Struck Explosives Factory South of Haifa

A street in Haifa in northern Israel is nearly deserted as Yom Kippur begins at sunset on October 11, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
A street in Haifa in northern Israel is nearly deserted as Yom Kippur begins at sunset on October 11, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
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Hezbollah Says it Struck Explosives Factory South of Haifa

A street in Haifa in northern Israel is nearly deserted as Yom Kippur begins at sunset on October 11, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
A street in Haifa in northern Israel is nearly deserted as Yom Kippur begins at sunset on October 11, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Saturday that it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base to the south of the city of Haifa.
Hezbollah fighters were "targeting the explosives factory there with a salvo of... missiles," the group said in a statement.
Air raid sirens sounded in northern Israel, with the Israeli military saying it had intercepted a projectile launched from Lebanon.
This came as the Israeli military made more evacuation orders to southern Lebanon residents.
The military has ordered residents of 22 southern Lebanese villages to evacuate to areas north of the Awali River, according to a statement released on Saturday.

Lebanese authorities said Friday that 60 people were killed and 168 wounded in the past 24 hours, raising the total toll over the past year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah to 2,229 dead and 10,380 wounded.
Israel has been escalating its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon and a ground invasion at the border, after a year of exchanges of fire.