{"id":3831,"date":"2014-09-20T06:51:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T06:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2014-09-20T06:51:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T06:51:19","slug":"yemen-fighting-rages-as-truce-talks-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/09\/20\/3831\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen fighting rages as truce talks collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.8181819915771px; line-height: 1.3em; color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/yemen-fighting.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>The United Nations has failed to mediate a peace deal between Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels and the government, as Shia fighters advanced into the capital in an escalation of violence that has brought the country to the verge of a civil war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The UN envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, left the northern city of Saada on Friday after trying to mediate a deal that could pave the way for a new government and more political representation for the Houthis. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fighting between rebels and government troops continued for a second day in the capital Sanaa on Friday as war planes flew over the city, with the warring sides attacking each other a kilometre from the presidential palace compound. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clashes had raged on the outskirts of Sanaa for days, with dozens of deaths reported. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Al Jazeera&#8217;s Hashem Ahelbarra, who has been following developments in the country for years, said the country is &#8220;just a few hours&#8221; from plunging into a civil war as the capital city is divided along sectarian lines, with one half run by Sunnis and the other by Houthis.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;The Houthis have control over most of the north of the country &#8211; from Saada to the gates of Sanaa. They have thousands of fighters and some military commanders and members of the former regime with them &#8211; and if in the coming hours they decide to control Sanaa, they can definitely control the capital,&#8221; Ahelbarra said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;If the Sunnis decide to join the fight against the Houthis, it&#8217;s definitely going to be civil war in the country [&#8230;] It&#8217;s either peace or war.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Houthis are a Shia movement whose traditional power base is in the north. They are demanding a new government and also more political power for their community.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thousands of Houthis have been staging protests in Sanaa for more than a month, besieging ministries and blocking the road to the main airport.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Local officials said on Friday that hundreds of residents were forced to flee their homes after the Houthi rebels shelled Yemen&#8217;s state television offices in Sanaa as they pushed into the capital.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fighting in the capital had become so intense that, by Friday, international airlines suspended flights in and out of the nearby airport.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The government&#8217;s plans for a six-region federation in Yemen to address the grievances of the regions has been rejected by both the Shia rebels and southern separatists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <strong><em>Aljazeera<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has failed to mediate a peace deal between Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels and the government, as Shia fighters advanced into the capital in an escalation of violence that has brought the country to the verge of a civil war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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