International Desk: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has spoken with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in a phone call that mostly discussed the continuing peace talks in Yemen that have raised hopes of finally ending the years-long conflict there.<\/p>\n
The call, in which Sullivan highlighted the \u201cremarkable progress\u201d in Yemen in the last year, was made late on Tuesday, the White House said in a statement.<\/p>\n
He praised \u201cSaudi Arabia\u2019s extraordinary efforts to pursue a more comprehensive roadmap\u201d and \u201coffered full US support for those efforts\u201d, according to the statement.<\/p>\n
Saudi and Omani delegations are currently holding talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.<\/p>\n
The negotiations could result in a deal within the next seven to 10 days, a nongovernmental official told The Associated Press news agency. A senior Biden administration official, however, told the agency that the negotiations are complex.<\/p>\n
Yemen has been embroiled in conflict since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 after Houthi rebels, linked to Iran, overthrew the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in 2014. The United States militarily backed the Saudi campaign that pushed one of the most impoverished countries in the region towards a dire crisis.<\/p>\n
The crisis turned into an all-out proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, with civilians caught in its crosshairs. The killing of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis, the displacement of millions and a continuing famine make it the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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