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Yemen’s Al-Alimi Vows to Keep Up Fight Against 'Houthi Nightmare'

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi speaks during the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany (Saba)
Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi speaks during the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany (Saba)
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Yemen’s Al-Alimi Vows to Keep Up Fight Against 'Houthi Nightmare'

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi speaks during the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany (Saba)
Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi speaks during the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany (Saba)

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi asserted the Yemenis' keenness to continue fighting what he described the "Houthi nightmare", calling on the international community to exert more efforts to re-establish security, stability and bring the Houthi militias to the negotiations' table.

He made his remarks on the sideline of Munich 59th Security Conference in Germany.

Al-Alimi affirmed that the Yemeni people will never "give up or surrender" in their struggle for overcoming the nightmare of the terrorist Houthi militias and their Iranian-sponsored spoiler scheme, stressing that all Yemenis will keep on fighting for a comprehensive and just peace, based on the agreed on terms of peace reference, specially the UNSCR 2216.

He further called on the international community to provide the Presidential Leadership Council and the government with more support including moving from humanitarian and relief interventions to the economic and sustainable developmental plans, funneling financial pledges of the relief organizations and UN's agencies through Yemen's Central Bank in Aden.

Al-Alimi stressed that the Houthi militias do not represent a peace project in Yemen, considering their history since the militias carried out their Iranian Revolutionary Guard-backed coup against the national consensus in September 2014.

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UN's Syria Envoy Calls for 'Free And Fair Elections' after Transition

A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP
A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP
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UN's Syria Envoy Calls for 'Free And Fair Elections' after Transition

A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP
A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen called Wednesday for "free and fair elections" in Syria and urged humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country after Bashar al-Assad's ouster this month.

Addressing reporters in Damascus, Pedersen said "there is a lot of hope that we can now see the beginning of a new Syria", which he expressed hope would also include a "political solution" in the Kurdish-held northeast.

The UN envoy called for "a new Syria that, in line with Security Council Resolution 2254, will adopt a new constitution... and that we will have free and fair elections when that time comes, after a transitional period."

Resolution 2254, adopted in 2015 at the height of the civil war, set out a roadmap for a political settlement in Syria, according to AFP.

After opposition factions captured Damascus on December 8 and toppled Assad's rule, Pedersen expressed his hope the Syrians can rebuild their country and that "the process to end sanctions" imposed under the former government could begin.

"We need immediate humanitarian assistance, but we also need to make sure that Syria can be rebuilt, that we can see economic recovery," he said.

Pedersen noted that "one of the biggest challenges is the situation in the northeast", amid fears of a major escalation between the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Türkiye-backed armed groups.

Türkiye accuses the main component of the SDF, the People's Protection Units (YPG), of being affiliated with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants at home, whom both Washington and Ankara consider a "terrorist" group.

The United States said on Tuesday it had brokered an extension to a fragile ceasefire in the flashpoint town of Manbij and was seeking a broader understanding with Türkiye.

"I'm very pleased that the truce has been renewed and that it seems to be holding, but hopefully we will see a political solution to that issue," Pedersen said.