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The Yemeni regime has allegedly softened its criticism of the current UN peace plan, a senior official told Gulf News on Monday.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said the Hadi regime has formed political, security and military committees to assess the peace plan and report their final decision to UN envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed.
"The (Hadi) regime ... has apparently changed its mind and agreed to consider it. They should not have rejected it in the first place if they knew they would bow down to pressure."
Fugitive Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his regime initially vehemently rejected a fresh peace plan that proposed a unity government and demanded Hadi relinquish his powers to a new vice-president. Under the deal, the Houthis would withdrawal from major cities and the handover weapons to a third party.
Yemen has been locked in a bitter battle between Houthi Ansarullah revolutionaries allied with forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and regime forces led by Hadi, along with local tribes and resistance forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
