Newsbrief: Yemen’s Government Signs a Peace Deal

by Matthew Toombs
edited by Kobie Adams

With a Saudi backed government, Yemen signed an agreement with the southern rebels on Tuesday to end a power struggle in southern Yemen, according to The NY Times. 

The Iranian government backs The Houthi movement in northern Yemen, a group who opposed the former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, has been battling a Saudi led coalition which was forced out of the capital, Sana, in late 2014 

Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, believes that this agreement is the right step to take in order to bring this war to an end.

(Photo: The NY Times)

The Houthis broke into two early in 2011 during the Arab Spring protests. 

Worried these protests would get out of control, the neighboring countries surrounding Yemen brokered a deal which ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh and brought Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to power. 

Instead of leaving quietly, Saleh decided to stay in Yemen and conspire against the new president and tarnish his chances of success. 

The agreement allows southern rebels to be a part of the Yemeni cabinet as well as allow for the Yemeni government to be in control of the southerner’s armed forces. 

The Saudi government has been working to resolve this standoff so that all the attention can go towards fighting the Houthis in the north.