Local actors hold key to de-escalation in Yemen

Background information:

Yemen has been affected by a Civil War between Houthi rebels controlling the capital Sana'a - who are allied with former president Ali Abdullah Saleh - and forces loyal to another president, the ousted Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Since 2015, Saudi Arabia had led a military intervention to counter the advance of the Iran-allied Houthis, with the ultimate aim of reinstating Hadi.ECFR Commentary features discussing the civil war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Local actors hold key to de-escalation in Yemen
Engagement with power brokers in Marib, Mukalla, Taiz and Aden is key to avoid mistakes of Sanaa-centric post-2011 transitional process.

Not only a pawn in their game
The war in Yemen has its own domestic logic, independent of the Saudi-Iranian ‘cold war’.

• Primary Source

ECFR: Report, 2017: Mapping the Yemen conflict (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/mapping-the-yemen-conflict-yemen-is-fast-becoming-a-global-not-regional-problem/

EU: EEAS: Yemen and the EU https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/1877/yemen-and-eu_en

BBC News: Yemen crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/e6b869f9-0a85-47e9-a098-d5b48e018b1a/yemen-crisis

ICG: Yemen https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/yemen

ECFR: Commentary, 16.11.17: Not only a pawn in their game http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_not_only_a_pawn_in_their_game

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