Yemen..Houthi militias reject the UN proposal to open Taiz roads and crossings
The Yemeni government accused the Houthi militia of committing a crime of genocide against the besieged people of Taiz for more than seven years, by rejecting the proposal of the UN envoy to Yemen regarding opening roads and crossings in the governorate, stressing that all options are now open to rescue the besieged people of Taiz, while informed Yemeni sources expected an intensification of UN and international efforts to save the humanitarian truce in Yemen.
While Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak affirmed the Houthi militia's continued refusal to lift the siege on the city of Taiz and the continued attacks on the city and civilians, the Undersecretary of the Yemeni Ministry of Information, Osama Al-Shurmi, said in press statements that the militias "commit crimes of genocide against the besieged people of Taiz."
During his meeting with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary Di Carlo, in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, Bin Mubarak stressed the importance of dealing with humanitarian issues in Yemen with unified standards and not being fragmented, and that international pressures be exerted to put an end to the obstacles that the Houthi militias make to the implementation of the terms of reference. The armistice and efforts to achieve peace in Yemen.
Well-informed Yemeni sources had revealed the content of the Houthi response to the proposal of the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, regarding opening roads in Taiz and other Yemeni governorates, which was handed over to the envoy’s office in Yemen, that it included the militias’ adherence to their unilateral proposal that they submitted prior to the second round of consultations. Oman on opening roads and crossings.
According to the sources, a response letter from the head of the militia delegation to the Amman consultations, Yahya Al-Razami, delivered to the envoy’s office, which included the militias’ adherence to their unilateral proposal that they submitted before the second round of the Amman negotiations, and their rejection of Grundberg’s proposal, noting that the path proposed by the UN envoy (Asiqara-Softel) It needs further study and that it will be discussed in the next joint meeting.
The Houthi group renewed its unilateral proposal to open roads in two phases. The first phase includes opening the “Salah-Abaar-Al-Sarmin-Al-Dimna-Al-Hawban-Sana’a Line” road, and the Lahj-Aden road “Al-Shifah-Karsh-Al-Rahda-Al-Hawban-Sana’a Line”, including The second stage, the opening of the "Sixty-Fifty-Air Defense - City of Light" road, in exchange for the opening of the "Al-Dhalea-Maris-Damt" road, and the opening of the "Marib-Nakhla-Al-Jawf-Sana'a" junction, through which the militias seek to reach to the city of Ma'rib.
Local sources in Taiz indicated that the Houthi proposal would move traffic to areas 40 km away from the city, areas supervised by militia sites in Tabab, Al-Silal, Al-Jasha, and Softel.
In this regard, well-informed Yemeni sources confirmed that the next few days will witness intense international and regional movements and efforts in light of the Houthi response, to try to save the UN truce from collapsing in its second phase, noting that the US envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, started these moves by calling on the militias to abide By implementing the terms of the armistice, as well as renewing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt their full support for the international and regional efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive political solution to the crisis in Yemen, based on the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanisms, the outcomes of the Yemeni national dialogue, and Security Council Resolution No. (2216).
The sources warned against the militias’ exploitation of the extended UN armistice to complete the arrangement of their ranks, draw plans, create combat positions, and send reinforcements and weapons to various fronts for a new round of conflict.
The sources called for intensifying international efforts to put pressure on the Houthi militia to modify its behavior and positively deal with efforts to bring peace to the country.
The fighting fronts in Marib and Taiz witnessed a remarkable Houthi escalation during the past few hours, by launching sporadic attacks on the southern and western fronts of Marib, while heavy weapons and snipers bombarded civilian areas and sites of the army and resistance east, north-east and west of Taiz.
The Yemeni army's media center had monitored 79 Houthi violations of the armistice during the past 24 hours in five Yemeni governorates.
In Taiz, a civilian died and a child was injured by the explosion of a mine and a camouflaged device left by the militias in the village of Al-Mazanda, located in the Qahban area of Maqbna District, west of the governorate.
This comes as local sources in Amran governorate, north of Sanaa, revealed information that the militias have converted the Industrial and Technical Institute in Khammer District, the largest technical institute in Yemen, into a factory for the manufacture of mines and explosive devices.
On the other hand, the Association of Mothers of Abductees in Taiz called today, Wednesday, for the UN envoy, "Hans Grundberg", to pressure the Houthi militias to release dozens of abductees as part of his efforts to lift the siege on Taiz.
In a statement, the association indicated that "it has documented the abduction of 401 civilians by the Houthis, and that 39 of them suffer from poor detention conditions."
In Lahj, the National Committee for Investigation of Allegations of Human Rights Violations documented 83 Houthi violations against the people of Al-Shuraija, Karish, and Al-Huwaimi districts in the Qubaita district, north of Lahj, including sniping, mine-laying, cutting and kidnapping.
In Marib, the security services seized a Houthi cell at one of the points in the Al-Rawda area, north of the city of Marib, while they were disguised as women, and carrying plans to carry out sabotage acts in Marib.
In Abyan, five soldiers were killed, in a terrorist attack believed to be behind al-Qaeda militants, targeting a military patrol on Tuesday evening, in the Ahwar region, east of the province.
This coincides with a similar terrorist attack that targeted a security checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Ataq, the capital of Shabwa governorate, killing five soldiers and wounding five others.
In August, six armed men were killed and injured in clashes between two tribes in the Al-Haj Al-Qibli area, located in the Ibb countryside district, which the Houthi militias sought to inflame.
In Sana'a, Brigadier General Hamid Al-Rubaie, a former Yemeni army officer, committed suicide as a result of the deterioration of the living situation as a result of his salary being stopped by the militias that bargained with him to fight in their ranks in exchange for his salary.
In Aden, Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdul-Malik confirmed that the economic situation will soon ease, and that the citizen will touch it, with the arrival of announced support from the brothers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The official Yemeni news agency "Saba" stated that Abdul-Malik, who visited the Central Bank in Aden, was briefed on the bank's plans and programs to control the stability of the national currency exchange rate in the context of promoting integration between fiscal and monetary policy, and the progress of the reform programs in the Central Bank supported by the US Agency for Development and the World Bank.
He also heard from the leadership of the Central Bank an explanation about the plans and programs of the bank in using and employing the support provided by the brothers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which helps to achieve stability in the currency exchange rate and control inflation rates, according to the best transparent and governance applications, in addition to strengthening the bank’s external reserves including It enables it to face existing and expected obligations and challenges.
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