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WORLD NEWS Monday 18 noveMber 2019
Yemen government delays return, officials blame separatists

By AHMED AL-HAJ not authorized to talk to Hadi’s force and the sepa-
SAMY MAGDY reporters. Addressing tribal ratists exposed a rift in the
Associated Press leaders last week in the Ye- alliance and threatened to
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Ye- men’s easternmost prov- further destabilize the Arab
men’s internationally rec- ince of al-Mahra, Interior world's poorest country.
ognized government was Minister Ahmed al-Maysari Saudi Arabia brought the
forced to delay its return criticized the power-shar- two sides to the negotiat-
to the port city of Aden, ing agreement. ing table in Riyadh where
officials said Sunday, blam- “Does it make sense for they signed the agreement
ing southern separatists for your neighbor to come on Nov. 5.
stalling on the key point and tell you what to do in Yemen’s civil war started
of a power-sharing deal your home? It is a tragedy,” when the rebel Houthis
signed early this month to he said. overran and captured the
end their infighting. The agreement dictates capital, Sanaa, and much
Under the agreement bro- that both sides pull their of the country’s north in
kered by Saudi Arabia be- forces and heavy weapons 2014. The Saudi-led alli-
tween Yemeni President In this photo, Yemen's president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is out of Aden, and says both ance joined the fray in
accompanied by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi Salman and Dhabi's crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Hadi’s forces and the sep- March 2015, to push the
and the separatists, the Nahyan before signing a power-sharing deal in Riyadh, Saudi aratists are under control Houthis back and restore
government was to have Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. of the the Saudi-led coali- Hadi to power.
returned to Aden last Tues- Associated Press tion. That effectively means The war has killed over
day. Saudi Arabia, against Iran- turn, blame the separatists that if Hadi were to return 100,000 people, destroyed
The separatists pushed aligned Houthi rebels. for inciting “limited clashes” o Aden, he would only be Yemen’s infrastructure,
government forces out Government officials told and looting. The officials protected by his presiden- displaced millions, and
and captured Aden during The Associated Press that spoke on condition of ano- tial guard. pushed 30 million people to
clashes last summer. the separatists are refusing nymity because they were The infighting between the brink of famine.q
Their infighting added an- to hand over Aden head-
other complex layer to the quarters and the presiden-
country’s civil war, in which tial palace. The separatist
the government and the Southern Transitional Coun-
separatists, backed by the cil insists instead on joint
United Arab Emirates, are committees.
in a military alliance led by The government officials, in

Yellow vest demonstrators shout after they unfurl a giant banner
that reads, 'all together, let us destroy what is destroying us' as
they stage a protest at the Galeries Lafayette shopping mall in
Paris, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019.
Associated Press
France’s yellow vests stage

new protests for anniversary

Associated Press fayette store to denounce
PARIS (AP) — Yellow vest consumer culture. They
activists staged peace- were later expelled by se-
ful demonstrations across curity guards and police.
France on Sunday, a day A few hundred others
after scuffles between staged a demonstration
Paris police and protesters near Les Halles shopping
marred the anniversary of mall, in the center of the
their movement for eco- capital.
nomic justice. Most incidents happened
Local yellow vest groups on Place d’Italie, in the
gathered at traffic circles southeast of the capital,
across France where the where police used tear
movement emerged one gas and water cannons to
year ago. push back protesters who
In Paris, dozens of protest- were smashing windows
ers briefly rallied under the and setting fires to vehicles
dome of Paris’ Galeries La- and trash cans.q