WorldRIYADH, AFP -An air strike that killed at least 140 people at a funeral in Yemen has further hardened rebel opposition and lessened chances of a peaceful end to the country's war, analysts say. But Mustafa Alani, a senior adviser to the Gulf Research Centre, said the attitude of the rebels is “getting harder every day. Making matters worse, among those killed at the funeral were a number of Yemeni politicians and military officers “who were working towards a peace settlement,” said April Longley Alley, a Yemen specialist at the International Crisis Group. Fighting has intensified in Yemen since the collapse in August of United Nations-brokered peace talks in Kuwait. A withdrawal of US support would make it very difficult, though not impossible, for the coalition to continue, Alani said.

Source: Sunday Times October 10, 2016 14:37 UTC