Al-Wahdawi [Archives:2007/1072/Press Review]

Tuesday, July 24
Main Headlines

– Influential persons from Sanhan tribe kill three people in land disputes

– Joint Meeting Parties hold government responsible for congestions in southern governorates

– Official source in retirees' committee welcomes decision of forming a parliamentary committee to resolve their issues

– Uzbekistani citizen suffers torture in Yemeni prison, his government wants him back

– Aden Appeal Court upholds verdict stipulating YR 50 million compensation to HIV sufferer

– Qater pulls out its mediators in Sa'ada fighting, parliamentary committee continues mediation efforts

According to the weekly newspaper, Qatar has withdrawn its mediators from a committee overseeing a deal to end a Shiite rebellion in Yemen due to wrangling among insurgency while the parliamentary committee is continuing its effort to settle the crisis. It quoted a Qatari diplomat as saying that his state withdrew from the body set up to monitor implementation of the agreement designed to end a conflict between the government and rebels from the minority Zaidi community. “The leader of the rebellion, Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, and its military commander, Abdullah Al-Rizami, have differences over the implementation of the agreement,” said an official source, who requested anonymity.

The weekly added that Al-Houthi had also accused the committee of favoring the Yemeni government. Under last month's Qatari-brokered agreement, the rebels agreed to lay down their arms, ending years of fierce fighting that has killed thousands in one of the world's poorest countries. According to a Yemeni official, Al-Houthi and other rebel leaders are supposed to be exiled to Qatar, where they will be prohibited from engaging in any political or media activities against Yemen. They will also be barred from leaving the emirate without Yemeni government permission.
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