{"id":12373,"date":"2023-04-25T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=12373"},"modified":"2023-04-25T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:50:00","slug":"ceasefire-talks-commence-to-end-war-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2023\/04\/25\/ceasefire-talks-commence-to-end-war-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceasefire Talks Commence to End War in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Drew Starbuck<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><i>Staff Writer<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A tentative ceasefire agreement has been drawn up between the warring parties in Yemen\u2019s long-running civil war, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/article\/peace-of-work-yemens-fragile-ceasefire\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">European Council on Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports. Currently,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Saudi Arabia has sent a diplomatic delegation to Yemen&#8217;s capital Sana&#8217;a for talks with the Houthi rebel movement that is geared towards reaching a new and permanent ceasefire. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-65225981\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> News<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that additionally, there is a delegation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from Oman stationed in the Yemeni capital for the ongoing negotiations. The United Nations special envoy for Yemen estimates that the prospects of this renewed truce in Yemen has grown in recent months, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/1\/17\/yemen-un-envoy-warns-against-piecemeal-approach-amid-truce-talk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This comes at a point of increasing domestic and international diplomatic activity to end the country\u2019s eight-year conflict before the current truce ends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The history of the conflict dates back to 2014 and has led to the death of over 200,000 people according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p0ffshyd\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> News<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The capital Sana\u2019a has been controlled by the Houthi rebels since 2015 when they drove out the Yemeni government, which prompted the entrance of the Saudi-led coalition to the war soon after. As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/14\/middleeast\/yemen-saudi-houthi-interview-mime-intl\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports, in the eight years since they intervened, the coalition has been unable to dislodge the Houthi rebels from their holdings despite an intense air campaign. This has prompted the Houthi rebels to target Saudi cities and oil fields with hundreds of rocket strikes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN furthers that this war has caused one of the world\u2019s most catastrophic humanitarian crises in recent memory, leaving thousands dead and worsening<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conditions enough that certain regions of the nation have fallen into famine. BBC News adds to this by stating that close to 80 percent<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of the population relies on international aid with the current economic conditions. Thus, these ongoing negotiations are seen as pivotal to relieving the current humanitarian crisis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From what has been gleaned there has been significant progress in the negotiations as there was a three-day prisoner swap launched with the release of nearly 900 detainees from both sides, according to CNN. BBC News reported on a leaked photo that showed Houthi leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi shaking the hand of an unknown Saudi official. Furthermore, Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy to Yemen gave a briefing to the UN Security Council on the current situation. Al Jazeera reports that Grundberg said that there had been \u201ca potential step change\u201d in the path of conflict but the situation itself still remains \u201ccomplex and fluid\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grundberg, a former Swedish diplomat, has served in the position since 2021 and has continually pushed the warring sides to work towards a common vision to restore peace in the world\u2019s most isolated Arab nation. There has not been an extension of the previous truce, but violence between the groups has remained low-level. Grundberg states, \u201cThe overall military situation in Yemen has remained stable, and there has been no major escalation nor changes in the disposition on the front lines,\u201d according to Al Jazeera.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is clear that Saudi Arabia has been making efforts recently to extend olive branches to their regional<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rivals. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/04\/17\/yemen-war-ceasefire-leaked-document\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Intercept<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Saudis have reportedly agreed to significantly more concessions than were on offer in mid-February after brokering a deal with Iran with the support of the Chinese government. This information comes from a leaked Pentagon document which details that a direct path is possible given the current diplomatic situation which was previously unreachable in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are reports that a deal could be signed by the end of the month although public statements by officials have not been made, according to BBC News. The terms have not been made public either, but reports have stated<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the agreement\u2019s terms focus on commitments to pay the wages of public employees, to reopen all ports and airports, and more arduous goals that have been non-starters in the past such as a political transition, the withdrawal of foreign forces, and efforts to rebuild the nation. The triumph of diplomacy in this conflict can potentially herald a positive vision for the Middle East, where peace and economic prosperity has been sparse in recent decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comes at a point of increasing domestic and international diplomatic activity to end the country\u2019s eight-year conflict before the current truce ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2531,382],"tags":[446,456,481,730],"class_list":["post-12373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-april-2023","category-international-news","tag-diplomacy","tag-yemen","tag-civil-war","tag-peace-talks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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