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Both Hadi and foreign minister Dr Ahmed Bin Mubarak met Griffiths and US envoy to the Yemen conflict Tim Linderking on 28 March.

Other actors have been meeting US and other western diplomats to discuss their position on the peace plan.

Progress with the situation in Taiz could open the way to further peace talks to expand on the Stockholm deal.

While the total was large, it fell short of the $4.2bn the UN had been hoping to raise.

Peace talks resume: Talks between Yemen’s warring opponents began in Stockholm, Sweden on 6 December, the first such discussions for more than two years.

The talks were preceded by the evacuation of 50 injured Houthi fighters from Yemen to Oman on 3 December, as a confidence-building measure.

The UN’s World Food Programme estimates that 17m people in Yemen are food insecure, out of a total population of around 33m. Further deals with Oman could follow.

An Oman-Yemen Investment Forum was held on 24-25 January at the Sultan Qaboos Youth Complex for Culture and Entertainment in the Omani city of Salalah.

Yemen’s warring parties appear even more deeply entrenched following the collapse of the peace talks chaired by United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Kuwait in early August.

On the war front, the Saudi-led coalition has expanded its aerial bombardment of Sanaa and northern Yemen since the peace talks collapsed, leading to more civilian deaths and protests from Western politicians

A peace deal to end Yemen’s brutal war remains frustratingly out of reach, with the United Nations-backed peace process showing few signs of progress in recent weeks, amid indications that

” Given Iran’s links with the Houthis, a peace deal between Riyadh and Sanaa could yet happen through Beijing’s good offices.

With a fresh push under way to find a solution to the Yemen conflict – highlighted by the United States special envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking visiting Saudi Arabia and Oman in late April – the long-term

Even if the two parties to the current Yemen conflict can agree on setting up a wide demilitarised zone, it is unlikely that border security can be enforced effectively, leaving Saudi Arabia to deal with

Hiraq says the deal did not consider southern demands.

Their calls for a north-south dialogue to be held in Geneva – instead of the imminent National Dialogue Conference in Yemen – have been largely ignored by diplomats, who say the national dialogue

scene for a revival of comprehensive peace talks.

STC president Aydarous Al-Zubaydi and his loyalists hope this will strengthen their claims on cabinet posts. 

Oman has used its good offices to secure the release of more than a dozen foreign nationals in Yemen, including crew members of the UAE-flagged cargo ship Rwabee, which was captured by Houthi rebels Oman has frequently acted as a mediator to secure the release of foreign nationals held in Yemen (GSN 1,067/6, 1,024/6).

Fiscal terms remain confidential, but it looks a robust deal for both sides.

Qatar was the biggest supplier with 1.6bcm, followed by Oman with 0.6bcm.

’s role in helping to advance a political settlement in Yemen”.

Both men “pledged continued close co-operation… to advance regional peace and stability”.

Houthi actions have undermined hopes that further progress might be made with the peace process, as the rebels have used the lull in fighting to strengthen their core.

For Tehran, the deal is real enough.

One such relates to the question of liquefying Iranian gas at Oman LNG facilities, which has been proposed as part of the deal.

As such, there is now a recognition that Ali Mohsen is a person the UAE will have to deal with if it is to have an enduring position in Yemen after any peace settlement.

But it may make Oman, lying between the UAE and Yemen, somewhat nervous (GSN 1,068/14).