Zubaidi to Asharq Al-Awsat: PLC is United in Achieving Yemeni People’s Objectives

The head and members of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council during a recent meeting.
The head and members of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council during a recent meeting.
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Zubaidi to Asharq Al-Awsat: PLC is United in Achieving Yemeni People’s Objectives

The head and members of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council during a recent meeting.
The head and members of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council during a recent meeting.

Deputy head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Aidarous al-Zubaidi has stressed the unity of the PLC, saying the Council works in harmony to meet the aspirations of the Yemeni people.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday, on the first anniversary of the PLC’s establishment, al-Zubaidi said that the Council and its members are going ahead in meeting the objectives and the aspirations of the Yemeni people.

Al-Zubaidi stated that the PLC cooperates with the Arab Coalition, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and agrees with them on the roadmap for a comprehensive political solution in Yemen.

The deputy head of the PLC told Asharq Al-Awsat that the peace process and the negotiations, which will take place in the coming days, will deal with the nation’s problems, mainly the cause of the southerners.

He reiterated that the Council is in agreement with the Arab Coalition on the comprehensive political process, adding “we will press ahead on the peace road until peace is achieved across the nation.”

Al-Zubaidi reassured the Yemeni people, in general, and the people of the south, in particular, that the roadmap will prioritize the nation’s problems, including the cause of the southerners.



Syrians Protest to Demand Answers about Loved Ones Who Disappeared under Assad’s Rule

Wafaa Mustafa, center, holds a picture of her missing father during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 2024. (AP)
Wafaa Mustafa, center, holds a picture of her missing father during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 2024. (AP)
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Syrians Protest to Demand Answers about Loved Ones Who Disappeared under Assad’s Rule

Wafaa Mustafa, center, holds a picture of her missing father during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 2024. (AP)
Wafaa Mustafa, center, holds a picture of her missing father during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 2024. (AP)

Dozens of relatives of missing Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus to demand answers about the fate of their loved ones, as many Syrians have been missing for years, some disappearing after being detained by the now-toppled government of Bashar al-Assad.

The gathering comes nearly three weeks after the opposition freed dozens of people from Syrian prisons following the fall of Assad’s government. Since then, no additional detainees have been found, leaving thousands of families still in anguish over the fate of their missing relatives.

Relatives have been traveling across Syria in search of information.

“We accept nothing less than knowing all details related to what happened to them,” said Wafa Mustafa, whose father, Ali Mustafa, has been missing for over a decade.

“Who is responsible for their detention? Who tortured them? If they were killed, who killed them? Where were they buried?” Mustafa said, speaking at the gathering held at Al-Hijaz Station in Damascus.

In 2023, the United Nations established an independent body to investigate the fate of more than 130,000 people missing during the Syrian conflict.

Marah Allawi, whose son Huzaifa was detained in 2012 at the age of 18, said she saw “how they tortured young men, how they put them in cages and tortured them.”

She called on the international community to act. “I call on the whole world to know where our sons are.”