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Yemen Hopes Saudi-Iranian Agreement Would Stop Tehran's ‘Bad’ Meddling

Member of the Yemeni PLC Abdullah Al-Alimi meets with the US Ambassador to Yemen in Riyadh (Saba News Agency)
Member of the Yemeni PLC Abdullah Al-Alimi meets with the US Ambassador to Yemen in Riyadh (Saba News Agency)
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Yemen Hopes Saudi-Iranian Agreement Would Stop Tehran's ‘Bad’ Meddling

Member of the Yemeni PLC Abdullah Al-Alimi meets with the US Ambassador to Yemen in Riyadh (Saba News Agency)
Member of the Yemeni PLC Abdullah Al-Alimi meets with the US Ambassador to Yemen in Riyadh (Saba News Agency)

Abdullah al-Alimi, member of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), has voiced hope for the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh would lead to Iran stopping any malign involvement in Yemen.

Al-Alimi’s statement was made during a meeting he had with the US ambassador to Yemen, Steven Fagin.

The PLC member reaffirmed to Fagin that Yemeni authorities are determined to find a sustainable and comprehensive peace based on principal references.

In his meeting with Fagin, al-Alimi touched on developments in Yemen’s political, economic and security situation. He also recalled PLC efforts to address all issues and alleviate the human suffering caused by insurgent Houthi militias.

The PLC had also ordered the Yemeni government to implement a package of economic reforms aimed at enhancing revenues and rationalizing expenditures.

According to state-owned Saba News Agency, Al-Alimi praised US support provided to Yemen in various fields.

This includes Washington’s $444 million pledge at a donors’ conference in Geneva, as well as its role in combating smuggling and stopping the flow of Iranian arms shipments to Yemen.

While Houthis continue to reject UN and international efforts aimed at renewing and expanding the truce and begin negotiations to end the coup in Yemen, al-Alimi expressed the PLC’s aspiration for more pressure on the insurgency militia to bring about peace and end the war.

Responding to a question on whether the Saudi-Iranian agreement will reflect positively on the Yemeni crisis, Al-Alimi said he hopes that the agreement to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries will be a prelude to stopping bad Iranian interference in Yemen.

He also hoped that the rapprochement would motivate Houthis to stop the war and reach a permanent and comprehensive peace agreement based on ending the coup, restoring the state, and resuming the political process.

The Yemeni government had welcomed the China-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran but said that it would continue to cautiously deal with the regime in Tehran until it changed its behavior regarding interference in the internal affairs of other countries.

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UN: Situation in West Darfur ‘Catastrophic’

A displaced Sudanese woman sits next to children in a town in northern Darfur (Reuters) 
A displaced Sudanese woman sits next to children in a town in northern Darfur (Reuters) 
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UN: Situation in West Darfur ‘Catastrophic’

A displaced Sudanese woman sits next to children in a town in northern Darfur (Reuters) 
A displaced Sudanese woman sits next to children in a town in northern Darfur (Reuters) 

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan (OCHA) said on Sunday there is a “massive” need for humanitarian assistance in North Darfur, adding that situation in the Zamzam and Abu Shouk displacement camps is catastrophic.

“Civilians are trapped. Aid cannot reach those who need it most,” the office said on its X account, adding that displaced people in the Tawila camp are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

Meanwhile, Salwa Abdullah, a Darfur resident, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday that she buried her five children in the Darfur desert, with no sign to locate their graves if she ever came back to visit them.

“How can I survive without them,” she said.

Salwa dug their graves with the help of her father, during their journey from al-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, to the relatively safe town of Tawila.

Speaking on the phone while crying, she said, “I tried to get them to a safe area, away from shells and bullets. I didn’t imagine they will die of thirst and then buried in a vast desert with no sign to mark their graves, only small sand hills that will disappear from wind and rain.”

Salwa’s oldest child was 13. She said she watched her five children struggle to death one by one, after they spent several days on the road to Tawila, located some 65 kilometers from al-Fasher, the last major city controlled by the Sudanese Army in the Darfur region, which has been besieged by the Rapid Support Forces for the past year.

“In just two days I lost two daughters and three sons, and shortly before, I lost my husband. I still ignore if he is alive or dead. Even if I find him how can I tell him that his five children are dead,” said Salwa, who is in her forties.

“I cried a lot hoping my tears will wake them up from their coma. I can't describe my feelings back then. I wished I was dead instead.”

Salaw, who is pregnant, said the family left al-Fasher on foot carrying water bottles. “But due to high temperatures during the daytime hours, the water ran out on the third day,” she explained.

The grieved mother has now reached the Tawila town to join thousands of other families that were displaced from al-Fasher due to fighting between the Army and the RSF.

“Many families lost their children on their journey to Tawila, currently controlled by the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdul Wahid al Nur,” said Adam Rijal, spokesman for the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees.

“The displaced are living in dire humanitarian conditions and need basic necessities such as food, drinking water and shelter,” he said.