Saudi-Houthi deal would bypass some Yemeni factions

Saudi officials traveled to Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, on Sunday for direct talks with Houthi rebel leaders. The public nature of the Saudis’ arrival signals a new chapter in the effort to forge peace in Yemen’s long civil war. But as Osamah Al-Rawhani, executive director of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, tells host Marco Werman, while Yemenis are generally exhausted by the war, few have much faith that a deal between the Saudis and the Houthis will improve their lives or even put an end to the fighting that continues in parts of the country.

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