can do is stop dealing with yemen as. and only look at a model title al qaeda. >> reporter: it's fair the administration spokes people will need to be asking searching questions on thursday when they face the president, al jazerra washington. >>> now, the saudi state news agency has leased a joint stadium saudi arabia, qatar you ae. bahrain. it reads the operations will continue in order to achieve its objectives. >>> well, the crisis in yemen has been many months in the making. shia houthi fighters took over parts of the capital in september after protests against president hadi amid worsening economic conditions. now, the situation dee tour year dee tear year 80ed. they forced president hadi to resign in a coup. he escaped to aden and denounces the houthis and maintained he was the legitimate president of yep edge remember a few days ago president hadi called on yemen to become an intervention to stop houthi fighters. let's get more on the situation from omar who joins us on set. now, omar, how did we get to this situat

one think tank in yemen i remember putting an analysis suggesting that around 70% of yemen's military capabilities is now under the houthi control. and we are talking about tanks missiles antiaircraft guns, artillery and so on. so in theory, the -- most of those weapons were moved to the strong hold to the north which borders saudi arabia, in theory if the houthis wanted to strike saudi within their own territory i think they can. but the bigger picture of the widal battles, i don't think there is a match between the saudi arabia's power, military power, with the houthis and then you have a coalition of 10 countries, so i don't think the houthis have the upper hand. >> where does this -- i want to go back to the issue of iran and we were talking a little earlier about iran's rise and rise in the region, shall we say. where do you think this then leaves or iran's quest for the shiite crest? >> i think iran is obviously rising and it's expanding its influence and control over a number of countries, at least four arab countries and they have a presence in other countries. that crescent w

he is based in sanaa, yemen. he recently wrote an op-ed headlined, "welcome to yemen where only violence is a certainty." he last joined us in 2013 when he was in the united states to testify before the senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on the u.s. secret drone program. if you want to know what is going on in yemen, just follow his tweets. i want to welcome you to democracy now!, farea al-muslimi , talked about what is happening on the ground now in the capital. >> it is good to be back with you. sanaa, over the last few days multiple airstrikes led by saudi arabia. a new military operation is backed by saudi arabia and the gulf countries and other regional countries. this comes in response to the houthis seizing power in the capital of yemen. since last week, the political crisis in the country is entered a new dangerous level in the yemen air force entered the [indiscernible] i think by that point, it was the time when the gulf in the region decided to interfere. there's been multiple casualties from the st

enemies enemies in yemen. paper warns that the crisis in yemen adds even further instability to a region already plagued by ongoing chaos in libya, syria and iraq. >>> now, cage fight saying controversial sport known for its violence, it's banned in some countries but attracts millions of fans worldwide including a growing number of women. malaysia's first professional female cage fighting in kuala lumpur. >> reporter: is mixed martial arts too violent for women? don't argue with ann as mondays about it. as a southeast asian woman and a muslim, she's smashing stereo types as malaysia's first professional female damage fighter. >> people do say that, just another female fight, you know, just another eye candy for the show. that really hurts. >> reporter: 28-year-old has earned her fair share of critics in malaysia a country increasingly known for its reledge under thereligious counsel serve tim. >> i am not the perfect muslim but i try for my best. sometimes to me what i do is just a job. >> reporter: and succe

yemen cooperated with u.s. aims in the global war on terror as international extremist groups like al qaeda and the arabian peninsula duck dug in on yemeni territory. yemen's leaders allowed american forces, assets and drone strikes in the efforts to push back. some figures were killed by drone strikes carried out on the yemeni territory. the u.s. pulled out. yemenis are fighting each other. back. >> we have a senior military writer for defense one and another guest. all the video talking about this rebel army, and that army, and taking this territory. they don't talk about how people are getting buy day to day in yemen. what is going on in the country? >> it's not looking good. you have two parallel authorities operating at the same time. an authority in the south represent by president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, and in the north ruled by the houthi, and former president sanaa. both are enemies. houthis has an enemy, al qaeda, and i.s.i.s. - as of recently. on the ground there's 26 million that don't want to be p

yemen neglected yemen ignored. of course this finally led to where we are today and unfortunately that transition or solution within has been the problem. i think the solution will have to come from within. a nonviolent resistance, uprising might need to continue. i agree also my colleague from washington that probably isolating, this is not going to solve the problem going to make it more difficult. again, i think we need to emphasize that local solution from within supported by international community, nonviolent resistance national dialogue, and with the hope in libya peace negotiations has are taking place. here is a very important lesson to learn from yemen where actually the u.n. became too much involved in managing the schedule and dialogue of the yemenis during -- during the time leading the national dialogue. actually lost the concept of ownership of yemenis. i think this is a lesson that is important for leadership to learn today. and that the ownership of libya, the libyans will have to solve it i think

initiative and worked on the dialogue in yemen to have a peaceful transition to a new yemen >>> the saudis newsagency released a joint statement reading: >>> well the crisis in yemen has been many months in the making. shia houthi fighters took over part of the capital sanaa amid the economic worsening conditions. in january it deteriorated after a draft proposal was refused. they seized buildings, forcing abd-rabbu mansour hadi to resign in what was called a coup. president abd-rabbu mansour hadi escaped to aden where he denounced the houthis and claimed to be the president of yemen. a few days ago he called on an intervention to stop the houthi fighters. joining us on set is omar al saleh who has been covering the story for many months. was this inevitable. was there no other way apart from a strike against the rebels and their tart? >> i think it's the conclusion that the g.c.c. reached as a time. they gave time for diplomacy and the u.n. special envoy to try to sort out a deal. each time every time the u.n. as well as the political parties in yemen reach a deal with the houthis, it see

yemen is the least sectarian country in the middle east. i spent years in yemen. i never knew the difference of the y. this is creeping in our politics. let's not talk about sectarianism in yemen. this is a complex political ideological tribal conflict, and now of course you have the regional element. the sunni dominated and shia dominated iran. i hope that yemen does not turn out to be like iraq and syria in terms of regional war by proxies, destroying this is the poorest country in the arab world. more than 50% of the 20 million yemenis live at the poverty line. it is a very painful situation in yemen. >> always good to talk with you. always good to speak with you. >>> well inside yemen coalition airstrikes have continued for a third day. an arms depo in aden in the general hadid compound looting had been reported there in recent days as houthi fighters challenge forces loyal to president hadi. jets have targeted missile brigades as well as special forces hq. military air base near the international airport has also been struck. also just outside of sanaa, a wea

at the 1990 north yemen and south yemen line. you have two very important governments north of the line that are certainly -- they don't have anything to do -- they're not that connected. so the north/south devisionivision i don't think will happen. i heard there are some parties and we were talking about spillover going out of libya, i'm more concerned about spillover coming in. some parties in the region who do believe a divided yemen is in their interest and is starting to talk about this again. they talked about it in 1994. and the u.s. government quite wisely went to them and said a divided yemen is not in your interest, our interest, or yemen's interest. if we're concerned about the al qaeda not being adequately funded if we're worried about failed state and the humanitarian side. if we have problems with one yemen, two or three is going to be just two or three that much more failed states. and so that is not a solution to a problem. i have never been able to find out where the line between the north and south really is. sd

they are yemen they lived in yemen, and the houthies will li in yemen. they can engang with the society, and i think the message came from different sources today, that at the end of the day, they are yemen. discuss the future of yemen. i am not personally i don't think so it is the issue of houthies. for the last six months from houthies is actually using violence. using weapons against yemen. that's the main concern and of course, the iranian dimensions to yemen, and that was -- what drove the whole operation which we see is continuing so far. so i think what will -- influence the future of the houthies and how much of it can contribute and how much they can -- or they are ready to engage were there any political process in yes then. >> the professor of the middle east history, at qatar university, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> there are concerns that the situation in yemen may have an impact on talks being held in switzerland between iran and world powers. the french president has urged iran to work towards a lasting robust and verifiable deal

, and further their agenda in yemen? >> well i think there's little doubt about that. and one of the great ironies in all of this is that it's the saudi arabia perception that what we see going on is essentially a sectarian war inside yemen, one taken advantage of by the iranians and, therefore, is working against the saudis strategic interest in the region in the region wide struggle if you will that the saudis feel themselves to be involved in with yemen. to the extent that the yemenis see the conflict in those terms, that stokes further opposition among sunni tribals, particularly in the southern part of the countries, and while yemenis see the struggle those on the sunni side of that equation effectively wrapped themselves in islam that take advantage. therefore, that means that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and further north of the country, one of the great ironies in all of this is that the saudis if anything, may well drive a consequence of increasing the strength of the radical extremist groups in yemen who

this war the saudi war on yemen, it's on yemen not certain parts of yemen. the majority of the powers in yemen are on one side now. you call them the houthis salah and large parts of the army, and that's why this complex is going to be worse for soriao saudi arabia than 2009. the threat of 2009 still lived in assault and saudi arabia, at least 50,000 saudis were internally displaced saudis who have been moved forcibly by the saudi government and this war will i think lead to probably at least 500,000 saudis leaving their homes because the houthis like they did in two number nine, will bring the war to the saudis . >> but how long can the houthis being a small tribal group, how long can they out last saudi arabia and their allies in the region though? >> i think that's the problem people think and use that term, mistakenly. and i have said this many time, you are not -- houthis is just one family. this is a group that is large that has thousands of members from across yemen across even sectarian divide, and they have a lot of the armed forces and their units

it hit a target in yemen's south. these are the latest pictures coming from yemen showing the aftermath from the air strike. 17 have been killed in a residential part of the capital sanaa. the iranian foreign ministry is asking for a halt. now how event unfolded. >> reporter: the saudi arabia embassy in washington d.c. was the venue for riyadh to announce the operation. the saudi ambassador didn't oi nouns what they hoped to achieve. >> the process is abide by the process or they'll not be allowed to take over the country. >> reporter: you'll bomb until they agree to take part in the process. . >> we'll do what is takes to prevent the legitimate government of yemen from falling. >> reporter: several hours in the u.s. revealed its part in the attack. a planning cell was coordinate to provide military and intelligence reports. in addition the saudi action occurred as the u.s. secretary of state john kerry was getting ready for the latest round of talks in switzerland, talks that have been presented as going well. irania

jonathan betz is here with the key players involved in yemen and what's at stake. >> john, yemen is the poorist country in the middle east yet also very critical. it sits at the cross worlds of the world's busiest shipping lanes and home to a powerful al qaeda bran. with so many fight for this conduct are you some worry the risk is growing and it could turn in to a proxy war between sunni muslim states and shia iran. as saudi arabia strikes from the air, talk now from egypt of invading from the ground. >> the use of force is always the last resort and is with great reluctance that we took this step. >> reporter: the two are among some of the players beyond yemen's borders jockeying for control of the crippled nation. to the north, saudi arabia is leading the effort to his stop rebels from toppling what's left of yemen's government. those rebels the houthis are shias, they used to rule yemen decades ago. now they are fight to go get it back. already they control the capital and parts of the north. iran has supported them with humanitarian aid it says, while the saudis say teheran is acce

does it have to happen in yemen too? >> the shia houthis have taken part of yemen by force holding the president in sanna until he fled to the southern port city of aden last month. there have been protests against the houthis in recent days, including in taiz city, the houthis called for people to join in mass protests against the airstrikes. >> one of the pilots of the crashed germanwings jet was reportedly locked out of the cock pit before the plane went down. the plane was flying from barcelona to dÜsseldorf when it crashed into the french alps. investigators are combing the mountainside for the remains of the passengers and crew who died. there is a staging post for crash recovery crews before i ask you you about the recovery process, charlie, what are you hearing about the fact that one of the pilots was outside of the cockpit when the plane went down? >> well, this has been a leak from a senior military official, supposedly close to the investigation and it came via "the new york times." he's referring to an audi

yemen is trad ekicly important not only for yemen and the region but in the world. yemen is on the mended state where there's 4 billion battles. and that is - that is the method connecting europe with asia you have egypt that is no surprise by the coalition. and this war is also a national security issue. so any - in any chaos or similar to that. we'll see the world hit by the oil prices or trade relations. so that is an addition. you are adjacent to saudi arabia. and that is the number one oil producing country. instability in yemen reflects on the region in the world, especially on the oil market as we have seen this morning where oil prices jumped about 6% when the news went out that saudi arabia has started the bombing in yemen, and for that reason it is in the core interests of everywhere yemenis and the world. it is to support the process, end the chaos in yemen and support development in yemen. that is the only thing that will deal with yemeni problems. not the u.s. drones or the security approach. >> thank you very much. fascinating. >> now, delegates from l

yemen is witness be disturbance it is the port of yemeni forces of trying to bring back yemen on the road of stability and democratic transformation. >> french prosecutors say it appears the co pilot of the germanwings plane crashed it deliberately into the french alps. he has been speaking in a news conference. the flight crashed tuesday killing 150 onboard. robin said the pilot was locked out of the cockpit just before the crash. we'll get you more on this as soon as we get it ourselves. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the swiss city of lausanne to meet his iranian counter part trying to reach a deal to limit iran's nuclear program. the framework is set to layout specific ways to reduce iran's nuclear capability in terms of reducing sanctions. talks have been going on for weeks to reach a deal. much of the negotiations are about the deal's technical details. we explain what's at stake. >> a nuclear deal with iran would partly focus on the number of centrifuges it can have. these are iran's main nuclear facilities and underground in another city. the international atomic en

this will lead to the destruction of yemen. once again, they are going to have to need to find a solution short of a land invasion of the country. >> i mean yemen is not the only region. the region's trouble spot. is it? look at libya. look at syria. possibly iraq and lebanon and surely, those leaders have their eyes on those trouble spots, too. >> that's very true. i suspect when the egyptian president suggested this arab joint force, i think actually he has libya in mind. but we have seen that this kind of intervention in syria and iraq has very limited chance of succeeding in any short, you know, amount of time. so, you know one thing is to wish for the kind of joint military force. but, also a wishful thinking to think that you could just control or contain or dominate countries like yemen and libya by simply announcing a 40,000, you know, joint force. so there were two kinds of voices adrian coming from the summit, the kind that said we need dialogue go back to the dye log in yemen and in libya. and there are others who we

his brother sadeq was released back to yemen in 2007, after six years. rashad says that a few yemenis have joined up with al qaeda after returning from guantanamo. but he blames poverty & rampant unemployment, and american counter- terrorism policy. >> and what is your current relationship with al qaeda in yemen? >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. in washington, there's no hint that talks with al qaeda are on the table. but in may, as he laid out the next steps in america's war, the president announced his intention to renew efforts to close guantanamo - and lifted the moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. [...] given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda's leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened. president obama has the legal authority to transfer many detainees out of guantanamo - but his critics say he has so far lacked the political will to do so. i'll be the first to acknowledge that the administ

>> in yep yemen? >> yes. >> again senator, i don't currently know the specific goals and objectives of the saudi campaign. and i would have to know that to be able to assess the likelihood of success. >> reporter: from the u.s. perspective. the definition of success say simple one. >> the u.s. would basically like to see stability there but they are not willing to pay any price for it. so led i the saudis do it enables us to achieve your goals without being involved. >> reporter: the u.s. is considering sending saudi tankers and radar planes but for now the u.s.' contribution is ad vice and support. patty culhane washington. >>> campaign is winding down ahead of nigh nigeria's presidential election, leading candidates are delivering their final messages before saturday's vote. the opposition leader is challenging goodluck jonathan for the leadership of africa's most populous country. he called out to nigerians to vote enemas and vote out the incompetent in office. access to education will be key. peop

new yemen >>> let's get the view from iran. a professor of political science at tehran university joins us via skype from the iranian capital. good to have you on the show. in the last 15 minutes or so we have a response from the iranian foreign minister saying he condemns the attacks. why is it taking so long for the attacks. what is iran contemplateing here. ? >> iran is trying its best to prevent the situation which is already dangerous in yemen from being more complicated, and in getting more dangerous. it is unfortunate what the saudis have done because they escalate the conflict the thought that iran and saudi arabia as well as united states and security council must try to do their best to prevent the conflict from escalation. >> saudi arabia thought that they had no choice that they have done this reluctantly. >> obviously you would expect them to - to say so but everyone would - everywhere can understand that they are six bombing one group would lead into further escalation. of the situation. >> and how would this lead

. >> the saudi military said yemen yemen's hotely rebels moving towards borders as bombers intensify on houthi targets. hi, welcome to al jazeera. >>> another provincial capital falls to syrian fighters. >>> nigerians face technical glitches as they choose their next president. >> plus, one striking, viking long boat, a single craftsmans man, thousands of hours in the faroe islands. >> the coalition of state led by saudi arabia has continued to launch attacks in yemen for a third day. saudi arabia's military say houthi fighters are now advancing towards the saudi borders. they have yet to deploy them across the border into yemen. airstrikes on the houthis have destroyed most of the ballistic missiles captured from the yemeni army, and they say the campaign will continue until stability is restored. >> the houthi militias are forefied inside houses, pop populated by civilians. they're putting anti-aircraft batteries over buildings and right in the middle of civilian populations. that would force us to bomb niece areas and result in collateral damage of innocent lives. the coalition fo

there's al qaeda, there is the yemen armed tribes. those that know yemen know that there was some 20 million pieces of arm there. then there are the other military units and other separatists in the south who now worked with president abd-rabbu mansour hadi. the situation is really complex and chaotic. and it's hard to see how things will end up. certainly, ali abdullah saleh and the houthis remain the more organised forces within the country. >> we are waiting on the arab league to give us the decision a little later. we'll go live to that. thank you for now >>> in a third day of negotiations nuclear talks with iran hit a snag. u.s. secretary of state john kerry met his iranian counterpart zarif on sunday. they won't budge, including on nuclear research. all parties are trying to reach a deal. aside from the sticking point a deal has never been closer. >> we can find solutions good for all. guaranteeing that iran has no nuclear weapons, cannot develop weapons, but can develop a serial programme. i think that if this is the common gro

. >> we came to yemen to see what sort of life awaits the men after guantanamo. however no detainee has returned here since 2010. the one exception is adnan latif. he came back in 2012 in a body bag. >> it took more than three months from the day mohamed latif heard the news his brother adnan had been found dead in a cell, until he was able to bury his body here. a military autopsy at guantanamo determined he'd committed suicide. and by the time the us military delivered his body back to yemen, it was too late for his family to have an independent autopsy performed. >> adnan had been cleared for release from guantanamo three times before president obama imposed a moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. in 2010, a dc district court ordered that he be freed. >> an appeals court overturned the ruling. >> guantanamo doctors had diagnosed adnan with bipolar and borderline personality disorders. the guards found his behavior "extremely challenging" and reported that he made statements asking to die. >> he was expressing a message sure he said that he wanted to comm

yemen. the packages were headed for chicago. inside those packages were printer cartridges that had been turned into very powerful bombs. explosive material had been loaded into the printer cart ridges along with the circuit board from a cell phone. those bombs by all accounts was functionally, one minutes away from blowing up when it was intercepted and defused. the reason why this is bombs were discovered was not because of x-ray detection or bomb-sniffing dogs or something, they were made successfully in a way that would have evaded all of those anti-explosive technologies. the way they were discovered at all was because of a tip from what appears to possibly have been an al qaeda double agent with saudi intelligence that this plot was under way. saudi officials shared that information with u.s. intelligence. that included the tracking number of those packages, and that's how they were able to track and stop the printer cartridge bomb plot. those totally undetectable packages got out of y

and certainly, the only way out of a gymnastic we in yemen is negotiations -- domestically in yemen is negotiations. it looks like there's going to be more conflict and war. really, the international community has very little now influence in the outcome of that. the americans, along with other western embassies, all left earlier this year, let their embassies in sanaa. jamal benomar is the front and trying to arrange these talks. and yet the regional powers who also have an interest. the american focus is always in yemen, primary, one of counterterrorism and that is sort of model for the washington now has all been raised. amy: let's talk about the regional interests. he of saudi arabia and also iran. what role are they playing? >> well, the houthis have said there supported by iran and certainly, the rhetoric of a recent months from tehran has adjusted and made very clear they do support the houthis. once the houthis took sanaa daily flights started between tehran and sanaa. a saudi arabia interest, they have a concern of the rise of the houthis. their them before. the same time, the

policy in yemen. will any of that have to change now you if the houthis are prioritized as more of a threat and well technically al-qaeda and isil are part of the anti houthi force. how is u.s. policy going to make sense of all these apparently contradictory forces? >> well, i mean, i think the u.s. will stay focused on al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. it's still seen as one of the most dangerous threats to the homeland security, and with this coalition of forces, that is led by saudi arabia, we're quite likely to remain as focused as we are on that, even though there is this additional threat of the houthis. the main thing us again to focus on the region and the fact that you've got so many different forces within countries, but then aoss the region, that are fighting in a way that's killing thousands of people in a power struggle, the u.s., i think will stay focused on its wore interests to stop a terrorist attack to do what it can to help stabilize the regegion. when the region is so fundamentall

the problem in yemen has been that yemen has been dominated by its neighbors, especially by the saudis. any development the saudis feel that they must be the one who run the show in yemen and what you saw in the past four, five years, an and increasing independence movement in yep end, the yemenis want to run theirtheir affairs. and to decide their future, the saudi government does not like that. and that's why they installed hadi in this basically one-man show election, to continue their policy. that policy failed and now they are resorting to others. >> but it was a bit of a unity government. and it was working with the west and with other nations. so what should the world do as rebels throw out a government, a legitimate government. that was trying to help the world fight al qaeda and possibly isil? >> right now in fact, the most effective force against al qaeda and isil are those people that the media call houthis. because i think it's unfair labeling because, you know, houthis were in 2009, right now you have the movement, they call themselves, there is the popular committees ther

yemen is witnessing disturbances that brothers in the gulf are trying to bring back yemen on the road to stability and democratic transformation. >>> well the strikes come as diplomats meet once again in swizland for talks of iran's nuclear program. we have top u.s. and iranian diplomats in that building behind you, are they succeeding in keeping the issue of yemen out of the talks? >> well out of the actual round the table talks, yes, i think they are, sami. they have been very strict about this. there have been so many issues over the last few years when they have been doing these repeated rounds of negotiations that they have raised. and they stuck to the negotiations. the end of the month is supposed to be the lead line for the framework agreement, but in the sidelines as you say, both delegations, the u.s. and the iranians in the same hotel talking and living there, i suspect there may be some discussions, and both sides are taking phone calls and speaking to reporters. the iranian foreign minister saying we believe there is an urgent need for dialogue ai don't think yemenese wit

in yemen. now, when they take over the majority of them, the saudi decision is to bomb them. i think it's going to end up in failure because you will see other gcc countries will run away from this debacle because this is going to be a debacle and the united states is going to make a huge mistake through supporting this, through intelligence and other support. this is a hornet's nest. i will not be surprised in couple of days that you will see yemenis inside the city of jazon, jazon will be occupied by yemeni forces. it is so easy for them to do and unfortunately that will happen. this conflict will spread into saudi arabia itself. >> allen fisher is live for us from washington, d.c. hi again allen. so the u.s. national security council has issued a statement about this military operation. please remind us what the u.s. military role is in this. >> they are offering intelligent and logistical support. they say we are establishing a joint planning cell with saudi arabia to coordinate u.s. milita

in yemen has been many months in the making. houthi rebels overtook the capital sa nsa in -- sanaa in september. the situation deteriorated in december when the houthis rejected a draft proposal, forced hadi to resign in what is called a coup. escaped to the southern port city of aden, rejected the houthis and maintained he was the legitimate president of yemen. backed an intervention to stop houthi fighters. omar al sala is here in the nud roox withnewsroom with us. what objectives are there? >> i think mainly to degrade and weaken the houthis their weapons. when the houthis overtook sanaa in september of last year they took control of almost all the military bases in the capital and they took all the weapons in those military bases. now some of those military bases were already in the hands of forces that were loyal to the president so they didn't take those paces. however they are very well armed, they are organized and the takeover really gave them more weaponry. so i think whole operation this operation, the target of it is

. >>> let's take you through the latest developments in yemen. jets launched three strikes on the red sea coast city and more strikes in the airport and key mill stair installations in sana'a. and there are reports that the houthis have begun to shell residential areas outside of aden. yemeni president hadi has arrived in egypt for the arab league summit that begins on saturday. egypt and saudi arabia are pushing for the creation of a regional strike force which is expected to be approved by the arab league on saturday. let's speak to mohamed vall who spent a lot of time reporting from and in yemen and is following all of this for us. he is with us at the studio. what do you make of what the coalition spokesman was saying in his press briefing which happened some 45 minutes ago, particularly when he was saying that no one within yemen will be allowed to assist hewthy righters but no one outside either. >> yeah, he's talking about iran but he hasn't mentioned it by name. iran is the only likely country that may likely try to channel help to the ho

to defend legitimate government of yemen and to open up the way for political talks so that yemen can move -- complete transition period move towards a better place. >> schieffer: is this what this street mr. ambassador, a proxy war? saudi arabia on one side and the iranians on the other? because they are backing these rebel groups in yemen right now. >> that's correct. but i would describe as proxy. i would describe as war of necessity. we have no choice. we tried every possible way to avoid it, yemenese tried. agreements were made, every single agreement that was made with 67 of them to be precise were reneged on. they continued to take over the country and when they were virtually about to take over the city with its president we have to step in in order to -- in response by government to do so under article 51. >> schieffer: how much did iran have to do with this if. >> a lot. ideologically with iran, they provided them with weapons. iranians provided them with advisors and provided them with money. >> schieffer: are you the arab league now said they're going to come together form

how can control be gained over the air space of yemen? and how can you precisely survey and monitor the supplies on the ground? and have you obtained any communication with the yemeni tribes on the ground? with respect to surveying the air space, i stated earlier we have gained total control of the air space over yemen, and it's entirety. all of the movements are being monitored. patrols and surveillance is 24/7. and if it is established that there are a kind of movements or convoyed used by the houthi militias continuing any supplies. they will be targeted during the briefing. what was the second part of your question? i asked about coordination with your supporting tribalmen. coordination can only with the legitimate government of yemen, and the members of the government, and it is natural that the legitimate government has its direct contact, communication, and coordination with the tribal men, the yemeni people, and the honest men of the armed forces. finally, did saudi arabia request for jet fighters? can you elaborate, please? did s

yemen if there's no negotiation taking place yemen will be the next proxy war. and reach the new location, and yemen will suffer more than anyone else, the houthiss will also suffer. and now the houthies they will fail and lose politically because they will be held responsible for being the reason why no deal was met. and or restart alee generalsy and peace fire deal. >> the u.s. says it is giving the coalition tactical and intelligence support what's the u.s. up to here? on the one hand it is assisting backs militia and the army in the fight against isil in iraq, and now it's backing sunni led coalition against the shia iran backed militia there in yemen. >> it is not a secret that they have capabilities here in yemen. so ensuring that both countries are share intelligent information, can only help sobbed yeah arabia but to what extent will the u.s. help what the u.s. announced is more of a media call on the ground of the u.s. air evacuating the forces. and everything the intelligence forces are prosecuted and negotiated by the houthies. months ago so they are

as their enemies in yemen. so what we are seeing in yemen on the ground is the emergence of a sectarian conflict that wasn't necessarily there acting out in warfare between the houthi group versus al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. beside the sectarian conflict we had another conflict, houthi military, versus the powers of president hadi. of course the gcc has talked several times about only backing president hadi and him being the only legitimate authority on the ground. having said that president hadi was pushed out. on the ground if president hadi is in fact not in yemen at the moment them fighting the houthi rebels means they destroy the houthi rebels but won't have on the ground representation, nobody on the ground in yemen. >> we go back to former president sallyh who was a strong man and dominated yemen for years? >> you don't have to go back to them there needs to be negotiations the problem with that kind of violence -- >> but would that be the consequence you see? >> it's clear it's becoming very pers

the crisis in yemen is proving a test for the tiny country. it's the closest port to yemen. ships from yemen dock here. so far, seven ships have arrived. five oil tankers and two carrying container >> we're assisting them to give them all the protection and handling that they need in the port to discharge the goods. it's very costly to keep a ship waiting, loading cargo. it can cost up to $50,000 u.s. dollars per day. >>reporter: jab jabuti sits across a vital maritime corridor that provides access to the red sea. it's the strait that separates yemen from jabuti. nearly 40% of global maritime trade is estimated to pass through the strait. much on its way to and from the suez canal. officials are expecting more ships from yemen in the coming days. air traffic has also increased. following the closure of yemen's air space and flights by its national carrier were all rerouted to jabuti. these are some of the hundreds of passengers still stranded in jabuti. >> we came from egypt. more than 20 people who have had surgery and are very ill. we appeal for help to return home. >>repo

penalty of yemenal hadi, who is representing the legitimacy of yemen. this operation is meant to support the local legitimate president and his local government to put an end to the coup initiated by houthi group and measures taken by them again is the national will of the people, as legitimized in the outcome of the national dialogue and the initiative of the gulf cooperation council. the operation is based on and built on the resolutions of the legal arab state, also on the joint defense agreement called the parties to this agreement any aggression to any party to this agreement is aggression to all the states, and that's why yemen acted in its local right to self defense apartment parties signatory to the agreement should take the measures and all considerable means, including the armed force to fend off the aggression and restore peace and stability and implementation of the charter article six and article 51 of the u.n. charter immediately. the council of the arab league, together with the security cancel will be notified of the aggression that's t

you look at yemen. it is a key location especially given the ongoing war on terror. >> well, just look at where it is it's on the heel of the arabian peninsula on the border of saudi arabia and it's desperately poor vast parts of the country are desert and unattended. where the mountain ranges end is east of the country, it's all basically desert and very very little security. so there are lots of places to hide. that has been good for al qaeda, osama bin laden's family originally came from yemen. his most closest confidants the hardest of the hard terrorists come from yemen. there is a long history there. >> we talk about the history. let's talk about recent events. we saw the u.s. embassy closed there. not a month later, that deadly mosque killing 137 people there to worship at a mosque. on friday 137 muslims killed. more to be done. is there more that should be done? >> the u.s. for several years now has been fighting very closely alongside the yemeni counterterrorism forces. the fact that the u.s. c

his brother sadeq was released back to yemen in 2007, after six years. rashad says that a few yemenis have joined up with al qaeda after returning from guantanamo. but he blames poverty & rampant unemployment, and american counter- terrorism policy. >> and what is your current relationship with al qaeda in yemen? >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> sunday. >> you have to look at the suffering of these children. >> director of unicef, anthony lake. >> every one of those numbers is an individual child. >> helping the innocent victims of war. >> what can unicef do? >> there's a very short answer... our best. >> every sunday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. sunday, 6:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. in washington, there's no hint that talks with al qaeda are on the table. but in may, as he laid out the next steps in america's war, the president announced his intention to

intervention in yemen. let's talk to nisreen who is joining us from the jordanian capital. nisreen, has jordan confirmed its participation now? >> reporter: yes, jane indeed a jordanian official source has confirmed to al jazerra that certainly and indeed jordan did participate in this military operation led by saudi arabia in yemen on every night. now, the reason for in this, this source is saying in order to support the legitimate government in yemen as well as yemen's stability and security and as well in a show of appreciation and support for the historic relationship, the source said between jordan, saudi arabia, and the rest of the gulf arab countries. so the reason jordan says is it wants to support legitimacy in yemen as well as the political process there that includes all parties. the source also described the stability of saudi arabia and gulf arab countries as a high national jordanian interest. the source also refused to talk about the media reports suggest that go jordan may possibly have a gr

should get involved in yemen? amid increasing signs that the government is collapsing there. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." our nations capital with three stories on iran. an eventful morning in yemen. olivia: a stunning development overnight in the investigation of the german plane crash. evidence from the plane's blackbox indicate that one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit and could not get back in. the pilot can be heard on the voice recorder trying to smash the door down. a 150 people on the plane were killed when it collided into the french alps. saudi arabia is leading the fight against shiite rebels in yemen. they bombed rebel installations overnight. the u.s. is providing logistical and intelligence support. earlier this week, the rebels forced yemen's president to flee. the saudi's accuse iran of instigating unrest. in switzerland, negotiators are hoping to conclude a political framework for an iran nuclear deal by this sunday. that is according to diplomats with dire

three weeks later jordanian jets bombed houthi targets in yemen. some strike that as jordan's contradictory foreign policy. >> it is a vision that iran will eventually play a serious role in running the affairs of the region and maybe jordan wanted to be early in mending their relationship with iran, which jordan thinks it would allow it to play a greater role in the region. >> some analysts argue that jordan is part of the arab alliance against the houthis as a matter of obligation, but that it's more serious about fighting isil in neighboring iraq and syria. jordan fears the conflict in yemen could overshadow the war against isil. >> more news from europe now from our plan don news center. >> we are going to begin in france where the policies of the political parties are being put to the test. voters are at the polls for the second round of local elections. they're seen as a gauge of what people think of their leaders with the next presidential election only two years away. >> voting on sunday morning she hopes this will be a break through electi

the use of drones and a base there inside yemen. does this potential surge toward sectarian violence which is how it looks like with the mosques being targeted. the hallmarks of al qaeda. does that bring another lightning rod of volatility and violence that's already deeply troubled country. so vital for interests for all nations across the region. brianna? >> vital in a country that the obama administration had held as a success story until somewhat recently which we can obviously see by the numbers today it's not. we'll have more on this breaking news. 120 people we're finding out killed now in yemen in these bomb attacks. almost 300 hurt. we'll have more breaking news in just a moment. of all the places in your house, this one's the busiest. so you want it to be the cleanest. that's why you need lysol. because when you use bleach, some stains are left behind. as this dye reveals. lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. it removes the tough stains that bleach doesn't and it also disinfects. so why just bleach? with lysol you can do m

-led operations in yemen? >> well, it's important because the absence of a presence in yemen means that it's difficult to manage relationships politically, and it's difficult to execute military operations, and it's difficult to collect the kind of intelligence from the ground that would give us a better understanding of who is involved in the multisided war in yemen but there's a question of how useful such people would be in the middle of such a war and right now things in yemen are deteriorating so quickly that it's not clear whether having u.s. personnel on the ground in the middle of it would make a distance in policy making. >> you mentioned in yemen there are reports that they looted the documents and how likely is it that that classified information could make its way to iran? >> we don't know yet whether an actual looting occurred. and if it did occur we don't know what the nature of those documents are so it's important that we not speculate on the basis of the information that we currently have, but

two breaking stories from france and yemen. this is cnn newsroom. i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. the cockpit voice recorder from flight 9525 is being analyzed and it reportedly holds a very big clue as to why the plane may have crashed into the french alps. how one of the pilots was reportedly locked out of the cockpit. >>> saudi arabia launches military operations in yemen, and houthi rebels are firing back, as concerns grow about the whereabouts of yemen's president. >>> but first, the major clue in the crash of flight 9525. data from the cockpit voice recorder shows one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit before the crash. >> a senior military official sells the "new york times" you can hear the pilot trying to smash down the door. and the other pilot is alone and doesn't open the door. lufthansa, which owns germanwings, says it's looking into that report. for more on the investigation, let's go to tom valentine who joins us from sydney, australia. thanks for being with us. the impression you get when you read that story is someth