Yemen Peace initiative of Saudi Arabia

India has supported the initiative announced by Saudi Arabia for bringing peace to Yemen.

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India has supported the initiative announced by Saudi Arabia for bringing peace to Yemen.

The initiative is taken as an effort to find a political solution to the ongoing crisis in Yemen.
It proposes a comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen under UN supervision.
Saudi reiterated its support against the Houthi rebels.

The Yemeni Crisisbegan in 2011-12 in the form of a revolution against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had been Yemen’s President for more than three decades.
Later on,the government was led by Saleh's vice president, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,
In 2014, the Houthi insurgency transformed into the Civil war as Houthi fighters swept in the Capital of Sanaaand forced Hadi to negotiate a "unity government" taking into some other political factions.
The rebels continued to apply pressure as a result Hadi resigned along with his ministers in January 2015.
Later, the Houthis declared control of government and dissolution of Parliament.

In 2015, Saudi Arabia and several other countries began military operations in Yemen against Houthi rebels. Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE also supported Saudi Arabia.
It took in the form of airstrikes blamed with civilian casualties.
It has caused a huge level of displacement within or out of the country.