Iranian-backed Houthis bear the major responsibility for not engaging on a cease-fire
June 5, 2021, 12:35 pm

Iranian-backed Houthis bear the major responsibility for not engaging on a cease-fire

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The U.S. special envoy for Yemen criticized Iranian-backed Houthis for refusing to engage on a cease-fire, accusing them of failing to try to reach an urgently needed cease-fire in the war-wrecked nation. Houthis

Tim Lenderking said the Iranian-backed Houthis bear the responsibility for not taking steps to "resolve a nearly seven-years conflict that has brought unimaginable suffering to the Yemeni people."

Lenderking’s remarks came in a statement late Friday by the State Department after his return from a Mideast diplomatic mission on Yemen that took him to Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

He also criticized the Houthis’ renewed offensive on the oil-rich Marib province, an anti-Houthi stronghold held by the internationally recognized government that is crucial to the country’s energy supplies. Houthis

The ongoing Marib attack, which began in February amid an international and regional diplomatic push to end the conflict, has left the rebels “increasingly isolated,” Lenderking said.

The State Department said Lenderking coordinated his efforts closely with the U.N. special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths, who held video talks last week with the Houthis’ religious and military leader, Abdel-Malek al-Houthi.

Griffiths expressed frustration that his efforts to achieve a cease-fire have been derailed by warring parties seeking gains on the battlefield.

He urged the sides to seize the “considerable regional and international support” for the U.N. peace plan.

Lenderking’s rebuke to the Houthis came as the U.N. Security Council criticized the rebels for delaying a technical assessment of an oil tanker moored off the war-torn country’s coast loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil. Houthis

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