The Yemeni government team to follow up on the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement held the Southern Transitional Council responsible for delaying the return of the government to perform its work from the interim capital, Aden.
The Yemeni government team expressed its regret for the Emirati-backed transitional council's retreat from stopping the escalation measures and securing the government and its headquarters.
The government team renewed its commitment to the understandings agreed with the Transitional Council team, which included the commitment to stop all forms of escalation, and mentioned a series of measures taken by the Transitional Council, which in its view are considered illegal interference in its work.
Take back control of Al-Bayda
For his part, the military spokesman for the Houthi group in Yemen, Yahya Saree, said that the group's gunmen regained control of large areas in the districts of "Al-Zahir" and "Al-Soma'a", in Al-Bayda Governorate, central Yemen, which the Popular Resistance Forces and the Yemeni army had seized a few days ago.
Saree added in a statement that the Houthi operation lasted 3 days, and led to the death and injury of hundreds of their opponents, and that his group's forces "managed to seize large quantities of weapons and equipment."
Forces from the Yemeni army and the popular resistance loyal to it began more than a week ago a military operation, during which they took control of sites where the Houthis were stationed in the Al-Zahir and Al-Soma districts in Al-Bayda governorate in central Yemen, before losing some sites recently due to the Houthi attack.
For nearly 7 years, Yemen has been witnessing a war that has killed 233,000 people, and 80% of the population, numbering about 30 million, has become dependent on aid to survive, in the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to the United Nations.
The role of the UN envoy
On the other hand, the Houthi political council called on Tuesday evening not to repeat what it described as the "failed experiences" of the UN envoys to the country.
In a statement, the Council welcomed the "sincere and constructive efforts to bring peace to Yemen," stop what it called "aggression and lift the siege," and demanded that the role of the new UN envoy not turn into a "message transmitter." The statement also called on the UN official not to side with one party "under American pressure." .
Martin Griffiths concluded his term as UN Special Envoy to Yemen, 3 years after he mediated between the parties to the conflict in order to reach a peaceful solution to end the conflict that the country has been witnessing for seven years.