[THEAUSTRALIAN.AU] YEMENI government front man Rageh Badi says embattled Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi will not attend upcoming peace talks in Geneva as Saudi-led SATURDAY'S announcement is a blow to the planned talks, which are aimed ending weeks of
Badi says Hadi will not attend due to the security situation and because Shi'ite Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
rebels have not satisfied a government pre-condition to pull out of towns and cities they occupy - including the capital, Sanaa.
The leader of the Houthi rebels, Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, has called the talks the "only solution" for the conflict
Meanwhile security officials said Saudi-led coalition
At dawn, planes hit targets belonging to former President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
and his family in the village of Sanhan, the officials said.