Lobe Log: Riyadh agreement “won’t last” long

SANAA, Nov. 11 (YPA) – The US Website” Lobe log” has confirmed that the Riyadh Agreement, signed on 5 November, between Hadi government and the UAE’s Southern Transitional Council has prevented a civil war between the two sides.

But the question is whether the agreement will withstand the challenges, especially since the two parties refused to sign more than once.

This comes in a report done by Peter Salisbury on November 7, 2019.

According to Peter Salisbury, the agreement prevented a war at least for the time being, but the question now is whether the agreement will be a solution to a nationwide political settlement or just a warrior’s break.

The reported pointed to the repercussions of the battle between the STC forces and the Saudi militia of the government, fowling the attack carried out by ” Houthi forces” where a senior STC military commander was killed.

But the STC suspected that Hadi government was involved in the event and soon took Aden by force.

As the crisis in Saudi Arabia intensified and reached a dangerous stage, Saudi Arabia’s deputy defence minister, Prince Khaled bin Salman, intervened and invited the NTC and Hadi’s government to Jeddah, and later to Riyadh, in the hoping of reaching settlement.

The most important provisions of the agreement was STC’s involvement in the new government to be formed, as well as allowing STC to engage in future talks within the framework of the United Nations, with the Houthis.

The report added that the implementation of the security and military part of the agreement will determine its success or not, as it included the formation of new mixed security forces, the removal of military units from the city and the transfer of heavy weapons to positions supervised by the Saudis.

The reported concluded: achieving lasting peace will not come easily to Yemen. The main parties to the conflict have barely changed their positions since the beginning of the war: the Hadi government wants the Houthis to hand back Sanaa and other areas they control. The Houthis demand a power-sharing arrangement that gives them significant weight in a unity government.

E.M