An unannounced truce in Marib: The heat is returning to the...

Sana’a | The progress of the Sana’a government forces in the vicinity of the city of Ma’rib has stopped during the past days, while the intensity of the confrontations between the Yemeni army and the popular committees on the one hand, and the forces loyal to the outgoing president, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, on the other hand, on the southwestern, eastern and northern fronts of the city, with the exception of skirmishes Daily witnessed by the Jabal Murad front in the west. The unannounced calm in the vicinity of Marib coincided with the entry into force of the prisoner exchange deal between the two parties at the end of last week. It seems that the leadership of Sanaa, which rejected a number of regional and international mediations to stop the progress in the vicinity of the city last month, finally showed flexibility towards these endeavors, while adhering at the same time to the initiative of the leader of the “Ansar Allah” movement, Abdul Malik Al Houthi, which consists of nine Points to bring peace to Marib, and to spare the city the consequences of the military option.Political sources in the capital, Sanaa, confirmed to Al-Akhbar that there is negotiation between the Ansar Allah movement and the Islah (Brotherhood) militias controlling the city of Marib, hinting at the continuation of the Qatari role in this field, in light of expectations that Doha will reopen its embassy In Sanaa after Tehran. It seems that Qatar, which had previously played a role in stopping the escalation in Marib during the first half of this year, has returned as a mediator between “Ansar Allah” and “Islah”, which is working to persuade him to accept the movement’s initiative and keep some gains that the conservative party will not be able to It must be paid if the battle is resolved militarily. The sources clarified that the negotiations have not yet reached the stage of agreement, and that everything that the two sides have reached “does not exceed the limits of stopping the confrontations in the vicinity of the city, and that no party has advanced from the previous signing until the negotiations are over.” Its reordering of its ranks during the past few days in Jabal Murad, west of Ma’rib, and the payment of military reinforcements to the Mazariq front in the Al-Jawf governorate, which extends to the Nudud front north of Ma’rib.

Expectations revolve around Doha’s initiative to reopen its embassy in Sanaa

The “Ansar Allah” movement initiative regarding Ma’rib, “reform”, demands the opening of the Ma’rib-Sanaa road (170 km), which has been closed for five years, and that travelers not be exposed to it or arrested, in addition to neutralizing and securing the areas of the province and not using them in any mobilization or mobilization activity. Al-Askari or cut off, and a commitment to expel all factions of the Takfiri organizations (Al-Qaeda and ISIS) currently in the governorate, which are fighting on the side of “reform” and the Hadi government, and to stop the plunder of oil and gas revenues and taxes in the province, the supply of these funds to serve the citizens and pay the salaries of employees in all provinces, and return The electricity supply to Sanaa from Marib’s gaseous electricity, which used to supply the capital with 360 megawatts of energy, and the release of the prisoner Samira Marsh, who was detained three years ago by the “reform” militia, in exchange for the release of a journalist loyal to “reform”, according to what the official spokesman announced. On behalf of the Salvation Government, Minister of Information Dhaifallah Al-Shami, last Wednesday
Saudi Arabia, which rejected the “Ansar Allah” initiative last April, has moved towards an air escalation in Marib and Al-Jawf during the past days, as it launched dozens of raids on sites belonging to the army and the popular committees on a number of fronts there, and deliberately targeted the homes and properties of a number of sheikhs in Marib, Who had previously liked the Sana’a initiative. According to local sources east of Ma’rib, the aggression planes targeted, on Tuesday, the house of Sheikh Rabish Al-Ajda, the sheikh of Al-Jadaan Sheikhs and one of the most senior sheikhs in Ma’rib, as well as the house of his son Sheikh Abdullah Rabish in the Al-Kanab area, the center of the Medghal district, to settle them on the ground without any reason. He angered the Jadaan tribes, which declared a state of alert in their ranks, and called for a response to the targeting of the homes of their tribal leaders. In the first response to the two incidents, the governor of Ma’rib, affiliated with the “reform”, Sultan Al-Arada, held an emergency meeting with a number of Jadaan sheikhs loyal to the “coalition” last Wednesday, to discuss the implications of targeting the homes of Sheikh Al-Ajada and rearranging the eastern front in Marib. Informed sources said that Al-Arada ousted the leader of the Medghal front, Hammoud Naji Kaalan, accusing him of failing to stop the advance of Sanaa’s forces. He also accused him of being associated with “Ansar Allah”, asking the outgoing Vice President, Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar, to assign Ali Duman as commander of the front, and to appoint him to mobilize tribal fighters for escalation in the coming days.

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