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Saudi-Backed Yemeni Government, Separatists Sign Power-Sharing Deal
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Oct 25, 2019 08:06am |
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| Author | Wall Street Journal |
| News Date | Friday, October 25, 2019 02:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Agreement aims to keep country from fracturing, facilitate more talks aimed at ending five-year war.
The Saudi-backed Yemeni government signed a power-sharing deal with a local group seeking a separate state in the south, an agreement designed to keep the country from fracturing and pave the way for broader talks to end its five-year-old war, people familiar with the talks said.
The Yemeni faction, called the Southern Transitional Council, fights alongside government forces in a U.S.-backed international coalition led by Saudi Arabia against the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in the country’s north. But it is also seeking a separate state in the south.
Their rival agendas for Yemen triggered a major fight for control in August, when the STC launched a military assault against the Saudi-backed government in its interim capital, Aden.
The two sides signed the agreement Thursday night in Riyadh after the warring factions worked out a pact that will be overseen by Saudi forces, the people said.
The prime minister of Yemen is expected to fly to Aden in the next 10 days to oversee the deal, which creates a new government with 12 ministers from the north and 12 from the south. |
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