Yemen's Saleh ready for 'new page' with Saudi-led coalition as clashes rage
Saleh stepped down from office in 2012 but remains leader of country's largest political partyADEN: Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he was ready for a “new page” in relations with the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen if it stopped attacks on his country. Yemen’s Huthi rebels fear ‘coup’: SalehThe Saudi-led coalition welcomed Saleh’s remarks. The coalition says Saleh betrayed Arabs by joining Houthi-led forces who they say are aligned with non-Arab Iran. The fighting subsided by the afternoon as Saleh supporters secured control. But the head of the Houthis’ Ansarullah group warned that the biggest winner from what he described as Saleh’s “sedition”was the Saudi-led coalition.
Source: The Express Tribune December 02, 2017 12:00 UTC
