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Qatar’s ruler to attend Gulf meeting in Kuwait amid dispute

By JON GAMBRELL members. tends. confirming the emir’s at- GCC members Bahrain,
Associated Press The ongoing dispute has Qatar’s Foreign Ministry tendance and saying he Saudi Arabia and the Unit-
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Qa- threatened to tear apart said in a statement that hoped “all parties involved ed Arab Emirates have cut
tar’s ruling emir will attend the six-member GCC, all Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad do not need a Western off Doha over allegations
a meeting of the Gulf Co- U.S. allies who serve in part Al Thani would fly to Kuwait party to intervene.” that Qatar supports ex-
operation Council this as a Gulf Arab counterbal- City for the two-day meet- Later Monday, Kuwait an- tremists and has too-friend-
week in Kuwait, his govern- ance to Shiite power Iran. ing scheduled to begin nounced Sheikh Tamim ly relations with Iran.
ment said Monday, a sum- Already, the island nation Tuesday. had sent a letter to Kuwait’s Qatar long has denied sup-
mit coming amid a boycott of Bahrain had threatened It quoted Foreign Minister 88-year-old ruler, Sheikh porting extremists, while it
of the energy-rich country that it wouldn’t take part in Sheikh Mohammed bin Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, shares a massive offshore
by three of the council’s any meeting that Qatar at- Abdulrahman Al Thani as without elaborating. natural gas field with Iran.q

Rebels kill Yemen’s strongman Saleh as alliance collapses

ing. His death recalled an- powerful force and it is un-
other Arab leader killed in clear how much the break
the midst of his own coun- with Saleh weakens them.
try’s uprising, Libyan leader Over the past year, the
Moammar Gadhafi, whose Houthis had steadily under-
body was shown in a video mined Saleh and reduced
being abused by rebels their need for him, winning
who killed in him 2011. military commanders over
Saleh’s death was an- to their side and boosting
nounced by the rebels, their own forces.
known as Houthis, who A major question now will
have been fighting Saleh’s be whether Saleh’s loyalists
forces for the past week. — and tribes that support
Two of Saleh’s associates him — can rally to fight the
have confirmed and a Houthis after his death.
third official from the gov- Several Houthi military of-
ernment of Yemen’s in- ficials said Saleh was killed
ternationally recongnized as he headed along with
president, Abed Rabbo top party leaders from Sa-
Mansour Hadi, has also naa to his hometown of
confirmed. Sanhan, nearby.
“The leader of treason has Houthi fighters followed him
been killed,” Houthis’ TV in 20 armored vehicles, at-
In this 2012 photo, former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks in Sanaa, Yemen. Saleh, network al-Masriah said. tacked and killed him and
Yemen’s most powerful leader, who played a central role in the country’s civil war, has been
killed, according to several Yemeni officials and a militias’ video which showed the man dressed Saleh allied with the Houthis, almost all those with him,
in a dark suit, motionless, and carried in a blanket amid chants of “God is Great.” Saleh’s death and the support of his loyal- the officials said, speaking
was announced Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have been fighting Saleh’s ist military units was key to on condition of anonymity
forces for the past week. helping the Houthis overrun because they were not au-
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) the capital, Sanaa, in 2014, thorized to talk to the press.
By AHMED AL-HAJ 3-year-old civil war into un- blanket by rebel fighters driving out Hadi’s govern- A Houthi media official,
MAGGIE MICHAEL predictable new chaos. chanting “God is great” ment. But in recent months, Abdel-Rahman al-Ahnomi
Associated Press The circumstances of who then dump him into a the alliance frayed amid told the Associated Press
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Saleh’s death were unclear pickup truck. Blood stained Houthi suspicions Saleh was that Houthi fighters killed
Yemeni rebels killed their but Houthi officials said their his shirt under a dark suit. leaning toward the Saudi- Saleh as he tried to flee to
erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah forces caught up with him It was a grisly end for a fig- led coalition backing Hadi. Saudi Arabia though the
Saleh, the country’s for- as he tried to flee Sanaa. ure who was able to rule Hadi’s forces, trying to take province of Marib, to the
mer president and strong- A video circulating online the impoverished and un- advantage of the collapse east of the capital.
man, as their forces battled purported to show Saleh’s stable country for more of the alliance, announced The Saudi-led coalition had
for control of the capital, body, his eyes open but than three decades and they would march on Sa- hoped that Saleh’s break
Sanaa, officials said. The glassy, motionless with a remained a powerhouse naa. with the Houthis would be
collapse of their alliance gaping head wound, as even after he was ousted But even without Saleh’s a turning point, isolating
throws Yemen’s nearly he was being carried in a in a 2011 Arab Spring upris- loyalists, the rebels remain a the rebels. q

Muslim states warn US against moving embassy to Jerusalem

By ILAN BEN ZION estinian party has called for to Jerusalem or recognizes sites, as the capital of a fu- ing the move once again.
JERUSALEM (AP) — An mass protests against such Israel’s annexation of east ture state. Every president since Clin-
umbrella organization of a move by Washington. Jerusalem. U.S. officials said Trump ton has issued the waiver
Muslim countries said Mon- The Organization for Islamic Israel captured east Jeru- may recognize Jerusalem on moving the embassy,
day that President Donald Cooperation issued a state- salem in the 1967 Mideast as Israel’s capital this week. saying Jerusalem’s status
Trump’s possible recogni- ment condemning an an- war, but the international He had promised to move must be resolved by nego-
tion of Jerusalem as Isra- ticipated announcement community doesn’t recog- the U.S. embassy to Jerusa- tiations between Israel and
el’s capital would consti- by the president, saying its nize its sovereignty over it. lem during his campaign, the Palestinians. Trump last
tute “naked aggression” 57 member states should The Palestinians claim east and recognizing Jerusalem signed the six-month waiv-
against the Arab and Mus- sever ties with any state Jerusalem, home to the as the capital could offset er in June, and the dead-
lim world, as the ruling Pal- that transfers its embassy Old City’s contested holy disappointment in postpon- line expired on Friday.q