in our continuing coverage of this breaking news out of yemen the civil war in yemen has turned another bloody chapter today throwing the middle east poorest country further into chaos in the past few hours as i mentioned it's been confirmed by both the who the rebels and the party of ali abdullah saleh that the man who led the country for more than three decades has been killed his convoy was reportedly attacks by who thiis at a checkpoint outside of the capital sanaa his assistant secretary general young. was also killed now these pictures on social media outlets appear to show silent moments after his death the television network says the rebels have gained control of a majority of the city and its surrounding areas from silas' forces sally was killed just two days after he publicly broke off ties with all the rebels leading to in trenton and to street battles between rival factions that left dozens of people killed now here's our jazeera as. looking back on the life of ali abdullah saleh. he once said that ruling yemen is like dancing on a snake's head and no one knew that dance bet

extensively you've lived in yemen i have heard. you know that the people that you're talking to today inside yemen the many people the average in many what is their reaction to news of ali abdullah saleh is. fearful what my what might. i think generally speaking there is one word that i think goes for all yemenis and that shock people are just shocked this is awesome you know if you are a yemeni for gemini because remember the majority of yemenis are under the age of forty thirty you know nothing except for a yemen where all the other with a solid there. and you see the leading figure now he's gone i think if it was in different circumstances you could see people expressing celebrations but the tougher gets a lot of the people that are opposed to follow are also opposed to this so you're seeing this weird kind of sets of mixed feelings going around people are really unsure how to feel but indeed they are shocked anymore over mostly on is there are some exceptions the most yemenis i speak to are just overwhelmingly anxious for what'

yemen aside that's what yemen is called for whatever reason you know that yemen is famous for its honey yemen in the arab world in the muslim world it's famous like afghanistan for their honey can one can only look at afghanistan and yemen today and speak of honey we speak of tragedy we speak of cholera now honey we speak of tens of thousands of dead not of sweetness of honey so really it's a tragedy and in all three levels the international community as well as regional powers have failed this country as much as its leaders have failed it right good point and for us to talk to you soon my belt who is based in sana'a she is the spokeswoman for the international committee of the red cross and she's joining us on the line from there and. i don't know whether your experiencing this poor sister station if you like of hostility is for now as as the people of san are absorbed with this momentous news but what is the situation around. the situation one of the very tense actually yesterday night and does continue is only this morning and what we could actually hear very far off clashes. and it

to rule yemen. inside the civic burson provin says that is liberated that is very important so this is the bad deal with the army can make you know this is the solution all on controlling you know i would visit that you know that is that is that how you. sent received phone. we did flow with the hoses and with all you know groups it's very important the most important thing now is two hundred fifty to do with drove the weavers from militia so we should as him and these. were selves we should solve our problems and we can do libs i mean how can you solve your own problems how can you solve you your own problems as you have a nice if you're under a bloke eight and you're always three can't solve the problem fully by yourself because a lot of pencil saudi arabia right now and i know you're calling for this look a to do list mr bin this did muslim is good but my question is and my question is lifted do you think saudis will listen to your calling for the leave to other. you know public speakers and wome

president of all yemen. but sanaa and many other areas still remain in who he hands today and there has also been a shift in this interminable conflict in the past two years. the saudi led coalition has continued to fight the who thiis with disastrous human consequences. but southern separatism has now also become a major political force again. on the eleventh of march twenty seventh seen the separatists form the southern transitional council under the leadership of the then governor of aden major general i do with the. president had was backed by the g.c.c. in rejecting the formation of the transitional council. but the s.t.c. now appears to have the financial and military support of the united arab emirates adding a new geo political dimension to the conflicts. on the fourth of november twenty seventh teen the who things launched a ballistic missile towards the saudi capital riyadh. it was intercepted but it triggered a blockade of yemen by the coalition exacerbating the already chronic humanitarian crisis

to rule yemen. inside the city burson provin says that is liberated that is very important so residents had to do with the army can make you know this is the solution all on controlling you know i would visit that you know that is that is that how it's isis sent received for all. we need to flow with the home with ease and with the old you know grooves it's very important the most important thing now is to hand to do with drove the weavers from militia so we should as it mini's help others were selves we should solve ai with problems and we can do libs i mean how can you solve your own problems how can you solve you your own problems as you have a nice if you're under a bloke eight and you're always three can't solve the problem fully by yourself because a lot of pencil saudi arabia right now and i know you're calling for this location bill if it missed me this did you must know if it was my question and my question is lifted oh do you think saudis will listen to your calling for the leave to other

and in kuala lumpur to understand we all understood yemen to be yemen decide the happy yemen yemen is not in the arab world for its honey not for al qaeda. not for violence not for cholera it was known for its sweet honey for its coffee for people who like to take a good cot and sleep in the afternoon and what we've been seeing in yemen is probably along with syria and libya some of the most right jake developments that we've seen in the in the in the arab world and i think yemenis have all to play i think regional powers have a role to play the host is no need to understand now that they lost saleh and his followers and his military units has already been weakened already been bombed by the saudi led coalition that they don't have a future in yemen on their own that they need to come together with the other political components of the country in yemen and i think now by the way tragically speaking yes the u.k. the united states and others can step in because the regional powers have failed iran saudi arabia will not succeed in yemen and they were not to win against each other in yeme

a lot of support from the army or so on yemen. and that the tribes or so are around the m a down santa so it's very difficult to predict the future of this yemen what the need is good leadership i think decent leaders before they were fully corrupt government cetera so that's really played a great impact on yemen politics but i think you need a good leadership and you need. to unify the people which is very hard also to recruit some of the tribe. against the whole thing but that's want to appear in the future. and you can even start senex to know where to look for that good leadership right now. i don't know that said the prince and many. people in the region and the international community to look for a good leader because it doesn't really matter leadership it doesn't really matter the mini crisis we have to have the proper people we have to get this inclusive government we have to lift. the collection the book. would be also with the corporation with the o.t. to get back the people of human medicine food that's all big factor a

won friends and cash but did little to fix yemen's internal problems. rebellion in the north and a separatist movement in the south critics say that more than a dancer was a dark horse of yemen's to mulches politics playing off military and tribes to keep himself in power. the toughest challenge came in two thousand and eleven the arab spring was sweeping across the middle east. inspired by tunisia and egypt yemenis filled the streets protesting against poverty unemployment and demanding for regime change but the scent was something some never tolerated. yemenis stood for even when the protests turned violent a few months later injured in a rocket attack on his compound saleh was flown to saudi arabia for treatment his face burned and hands bandaged he appeared on t.v. defiant as ever but this was a week a president abandoned by his political allies at home and under intense international pressure to hand over power with yemen on the brink of civil war gulf countries brokered a deal that so power transferred to his deputy. who had in return for solace i

when islam came to yemen is a g.'s as she had islam except became dominant in the north and it's a man's were in full control there by. by the nineteenth century the shii presence would remain in the north for the next thousand years. yemen also became a target of outside interference. the ottoman empire spread southwards across arabia from mecca and medina and seized the major city of sanaa and other towns. then the british arrived when soldiers of the british east india company captured in eighteen thirty two the british would hold on to the strategically important ports for the next one hundred and thirty five years. the south of yemen remain divided run by different local sultanate until the british eventually establish their own southern states. this is the story of the north south divide that has dominated the politics of yemen ever since. in one thousand or four yemen was split into an ottoman north and the british south. and when the ottoman empire fell at the end of the first world war its former territory be

top of yemen with yemen suffering the way it was but i mean you know we so our job to do whatever is needed including the result of see in death destruction and disease in yemen simply because he wanted to stay relevant and empowered in yemen what is going to happen now as far as the saudi strategy in yemen is concerned you know people are saying that today a plan b. that saudi arabia had for yemen has failed to plan a has failed plan b. has failed is there a plan c. how do they get out of this you know i think. the business of prediction of course is very tricky one for political analysis because over there we have to deal with the facts with the present and may be on the basis of what we see today draw as number of scenarios not withstanding other things that might happen in the future. so for the time being what we know from the so distracted jane yemen is not only that there was no strategy there was no exit strategy. when the youngest defense minister in in the world the mohamed was sort of out of saudi arabia led or or or invaded yemen under the pretext that saudi national secu

who's doing what here in yemen or yemen is a very complex situation i mean. wars within wars you have the whole thiis who are now running the show in the capital and in the northern part of yemen you have also the saleh faction that probably now will be but we think in the dynamics of the after his assassination by the whole with these who happen to be his enemies then his allies then his assassins then you have also oil don't forget the are that in the south and also doris. mingling all over the place and then you have the enhance hope will come in and to spoil everything. the speaker from from oxford stated and i. disagree with her. or stated that it's not the root of the issue but iran always is the beneficial of all the blunders that the united states and the west have been committing starting with the iraq with the toppling of saddam hussein and then the the iran. nuclear program and the the flip flopping in syria and not to even take again is dan rather luscious origin can't you all of that has to tell you what he wanted to the mess that we are living n

and outside yemen so it does create. a new void in the country but it's also a turning point and an opportunity a turning point because the whole of these as i've just stated last on an ally just the last two three days and the saudis who that bets on. to be their future ally against the healthy have of course lost its strategic bet so all in all i think yemen now is facing either the escalation that. they just called for an attack on the capital sanaa. one at the same time the who threw themselves who apparently were ready for this murder because one cannot explain how they could get rid of us will quickly although he's the savvy military security political man that he is having survived so many attempts at his life they were able to take him down because apparently they were ready for it and apparently the continuation of the clashes that we hear about especially i think in north of the capital sanaa is because the how these are continuing their war against his various allies and followers his various lieutenants if yo

threat to the stability in yemen a real threat to the internally unity of yemen. and our people are very proud of this size of after a long long war. like three years now well young today. there are a lot of lessons to be learned. when it comes to the conspiracy the dangerous say that represented surprise and shock to the many paypal this conspiracy has hit the said carla jay of so many of the many people how karen this come. and what about the. lying. of. themselves to other parties they have recognized that the aggregate. is. a little aggression that would be confronted and it was a big shock that. have tried to help their aggression but they have tried to. take this attitude in a sort of love of iranians with the people who support the treason in our country. a lot of people were shocked and concerns. the citizens were very concerned about security and stability clear. for the yemenis to fight to hit each other to be aggressive this is the code of the calling for the devil has called for fighting the call for hitting the security of the state their lives say it

a major turning point in yemen in yemen history with the death of this man who i would call him a man for all seasons a man who was able for four decades to change his political callers to change a law and says according to circumstances. up until his death just a few hours few days ago he changed once again his alliances in the hope of survival so he is the man of survival unfortunately for him after changing his lives seven times that was it for him today and the interesting thing does seem to be that he's being accused of treachery in his final days he is reaching out to the saudi led coalition and asking for them to turn a page seems to be in the final straw that certainly put to bed the alliance with the healthy rebel movement yes we don't know who turned to who we don't know whether the alliance or the united arab emirates and saudi arabia turned to a level assad an order to break his alliance with the houses or it was ali abdullah saleh no seeing where circumstances are going and him taking the initiative but be that as it may it clearly this has been that the death of ali abdu

but clearly the issue of yemen after the killing of abdullah saleh the former president of yemen that must certainly be on the minds of all those in attendance here because it brings more volatility into a region that is already extremely volatile and especially in light of the g.c.c. crisis that embargo against but that has lasted now six months that was supposed to be the thing that was really at the forefront of these talks in fact there had been some hopes that perhaps the fact that this summit was actually taking place might foretell that perhaps there was going to be a breakthrough during this summit perhaps an end to that crisis still a lot of questions as to that many analysts actually believed that this summit would not be taking place as originally planned that perhaps it would be delayed perhaps it would be rescheduled or canceled altogether the fact of the matter is now we are told that is happening although it is still unclear who all will actually be in attendance when the summit starts on december fifth and ends on december sixth all of the leaders we're not sure which

friends and cash but did little to fix yemen's internal problems. rebellion in the north and a separatist movement in the south critics say that more than a dancer was a dark horse of yemen's to mulches politics playing off military and tribes to keep himself in power. the toughest challenge came in two thousand and eleven the arab spring was sweeping across the middle east. inspired by tunisia and egypt yemenis filled the streets protesting against poverty unemployment and demanding for regime change but this sent was something solid never tolerated. yemen who stood firm even when the protests turned violent a few months later injured in a rocket attack on his compound saleh was flown to saudi arabia for treatment his face burned and hands bandaged he appeared on t.v. defiant as ever but this was a week a president abandoned by his political allies at home and under intense international pressure to hand over power with yemen on the brink of civil war gulf countries brokered a deal that so power transferred to his deputy ive the rebel months who ha

humanitarian representative for yemen ok johannes. and you know this statement that he has been making is not getting enough media attention and i was not in the gallery as well as actually many things had acted the saudis actually causing a lot of call crimes as well that there are trustees being committed on both sides in yemen it's very important as you say to bring both of those sides to live the blaming the blaming the victims yes that is. that is blaming the victim ok these are killing innocent women and children and daily basis and not supporting the supporting that this is i think would be a good i mean it's very difficult from where i'm sitting to see where the u.s. is endgame is or was it is that indicate he talks about building a coalition to move against iran first of all to do what's and also who would be part of that coalition look there seems to be a coalition between saudi arabia israel and the united states aimed at cutting iran down to size i fear that the risk in this particular situation is that who things are not

has done that yemen has an army the army has been defending the country yemen is a sovereign country and the mini's army had missiles of different types before the war including but the sickness and it is no surprise for the yemenis army to use these missiles against the aggression that they're facing from the neighbor from the campus let's was like avatar john mark cut through agree with for i does the evidence hair falls short tell us about the weapons that we see behind you hailey there in that military base. right there are two aspects here that we have to talk about there is a forensic part which as was rightly said before there are some shortcomings here and we're talking about a very young to skirt see miss signs that the iranian call on one and the who these the caller were going to and here the question years where there are a disk weapon originates from iran or not it could also originate from north korea because kind of korea also had a can of the sites what nicky hallett did not say and report was when. that was decays rainy and would have transferred dismissed signs to.

yemen the north south divide this time. hello i'm out in dennis in doha these are the top stories here at al-jazeera the repercussions of u.s. president donald trump's expected decision to recognize.

also coming up yemen plunges further into an arcade who the rebels celebrate the death of their former ally president ali abdullah saleh he was killed in a rocket and a gun attack as fighting in the country's civil war intensifies. and u.s. president donald trump tames the wild west he slashes protection for wilderness zones of the state of utah it draws protests and lawsuits but also praise from song . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. we begin with some breaking news from spain where the supreme court has withdrawn an international arrest warrant for catalonia as former leader carlist pushed a mom pushed him on addressed his supporters via video link from brussels on monday where he has been in self-imposed exile since october as a legal declaration of independence the court of madrid says that it has withdrawn the arrest warrants because the politicians have shown a willingness to return to spain let's get more now from journalist martin roberts who is following the story with us from madrid so martin we just heard the rationale there from the spanish cou

france and also iran to stop fueling the war in yemen which is a very sound in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares and there is no serious the steps towards peace and negotiations and it is very possible this is true it's getting more complicated with time possible i want to show our audience. about what happens to civilians who get caught in the crossfire get caught in this conflict this is little nora and we featured her in a recent al jazeera report have a look. and i used to go to school on foot to my life was beautiful because i could walk and right now i can't walk to school i can only go with a wheelchair i used to be able to sit in the chair at my desk and write but now when i tried to write my hand hurts i used to love writing but now i can't even hold a pen. how are you able to find out how civilians are doing how to children are doing in yemen. yeah i like that the war the miscarriage was using i used to yeah yemeni human was never good but the situation was never horrible like this before sa

also coming up yemen plunges further into chaos as rebel celebrate the death of the country's former president and their one time ally meantime the situation for most people in government gets more desperate by the day. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. spain's supreme court has withdrawn an international arrest warrant for catalonia as former leader carlos pushed him on and four of his cabinet members pushed him on addressed his supporters via video link from brussels on monday where he has been in self-imposed exile since october a legal declaration of independence the court of majority says that it has withdrawn the arrest warrants because the politicians have shown a willingness to return to spain. let's get more now from journalist martin roberts who is following the story with us from madrid so martin we just heard the rationale there from the spanish court in order to withdraw this these these arrest warrants why do you think that they have done this now ok well as you say the election campaign officially doesn't the way today pushed him out of the

in or even in yemen itself some of the port seaport this trying to get there because of their strategic location over there but. having said that even though israel is very important for israel even jordan is the only exit through to the sea and that's why it's very ok and for the whole country let's say with that region let me go to mr back to mr go to stay with the regional implication so. turkey has had a very strained relations between with this saudi arabia and the u.a.e. over the g.c.c. quizes they set up a mystery base here in qatar now they're setting up a new military base in. sudan is this which is likely to further raise the anxiety of the saudis and the a merit is. yes as you have emphasized right now turkey has a tree military bases permanent military bases purse one is in in qatar and twenty eight in turkey has been planning to increase the military base in qatar to treat thousand soldiers as a sort of to get level you know military base and also in somalia we have turkey has a big military facility providing military education and training to the you know somalia military

the war in yemen has created what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict at least ten thousand civilians have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine and as the fighting continues many fear the situation on the ground could get worse if your style al-jazeera. well the missile attack came only hours before a un security council meeting convened to discuss iran its main focus was the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal but the missile launch from yemen quickly became part of that discussion mike hanna has been following the meeting joining us live now from u.n. headquarters in new york mike just walk us through what they were discussing well the report of the secretary general the joint comprehensive plan of action that nuclear agreement was given to the security council briefing by the under-secretary jeffrey feltman who told the council that iran was found to be fully compliant with its commitments in regard to the j c p o a a bad he said there were questions raised

the story of the late former president of yemen alley a dualist solly was never a straightforward one why would the coverage of his death be any different tune into the saudi arabian version and sally's killing this past week by who the rebels is used as justification for continuing the bombing campaign a war that has already claimed as many as ten thousand lives and left millions suffering in what's being called the world's worst current humanitarian disaster pro hoofy media saw sally's savage and as a blow to saudi efforts to overthrow them foreign audiences can be forgiven their confusion over the causes of this conflict given that much of the coverage of the war's primary architect crown prince mohammed bin solomon of saudi arabia has been a few. even enthusiastic there's been a little reporting of the behind the scenes roles that britain and the u.s. are playing under right in the saudis with arms expertise and diplomatic cover there are plenty of angles to this story including the alleged role iran is playing in the yemen angle on allegations short on proof our starting point th

has plunged yemen into even more uncertainty the ousted president with a dominant political force for over three decades was killed in an attack led by hooty fighters on monday salah had been in an alliance with the iranian backed rebels for more than two years and his death sparked intense fighting on the streets of the capital sanaa. the clashes were ongoing the entire night until the morning if someone stepped out into the street or fled they would have a bullet hit them in the head chest or body. and an easy calm has returned to the city which salis forces and the who these jointly controlled and fought against the saudi led coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by a months were heidi but the partnership collapsed last week leading to major confrontations after days of running street battles salah announced he was ready for dialogue with the saudi led coalition if it ended its blockade of yemen's ports and airports and allowed for more humanitarian aid shortly afterwards he was dead in response heidi has urged yemenis to rise against the who the fo

welcome to the program yemen's capital is on edge a day after ousted president saleh was killed by hoofy rebels his funeral is happening right now in sana'a and later the who these will hold a victory parade for killing the man who went from that ally to enemy overnight saudi led as strikes targeted the presidential palace in who think control son are for the first time since the conflict started in twenty fifteen while yemen's internationally recognized president of the rebel won so hard the has ordered his troops to advance against hooty forces on the ground and salah supporters demand revenge the international community is calling for calm including the u.n. which wants the poles in fighting to deliver aid as there's there are reports. yes the killing of. has plunged yemen into even more uncertainty the ousted president would be in a dominant political force for over three decades was killed in an attack led by who the fighters on monday had been in an alliance with the iranian backed rebels for more than two years and his death sparked intense fighting on the streets of the capital s

stories yemen's president has been killed by his former allies the rebels. played a pivotal role in the civil. law as a battleground. the international committee of the red cross estimates at least a hundred and twenty five people have been killed in the past week the u.s. supreme court. heard. and. french president of the latest to want to possible recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital during a conversation. that jerusalem status must be decided in peace talks between israelis and palestinians saudi arabia is also awaited it's a basket of the u.s. says the move could heighten tensions in the region and other arab states have warned president against moving the embassy from tel aviv israel claims as its capital but that's not recognized by international law or. has more. changing the status of this consulate here in jerusalem to an embassy was one of the key campaign pledges as far as donald trump's foreign policy went during his presidential campaign it has though butted up against the realities of the political situation here as he also tries to imp

the war in yemen has created what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict at least ten thousand civilians have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine and as the fighting continues many fear the situation on the ground could get worse if your style of al-jazeera. meanwhile the saudi led military coalition fighting in yemen has been accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians and noncombatants in just ten days united nations says they were killed by saudi airstrikes between december sixth and december to sixteenth these are the incidents the un was able to verify so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven airstrikes on a prison in sanaa last week where forty five detainees were killed. and the u.n. says yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and is calling for the saudi blockade of the country to be lifted. yemen is the the largest food insecurity crisis in the world's recent humanitarian needs overvi

yemen for more than three. decades and played it played a pivotal role in the war and the un has described the streets of a battleground as fighting in airstrikes intensify the international committee of the red cross estimates at least one hundred twenty five people have been killed in the past week humanitarian operations including flights to and from the capital have been suspended and the u.n. is calling for a pause in fighting on tuesday to help civilians caught up in the violence. it is paramount that civilians are protected that the wounded or for to say factious to medical care and that all sides facilitate life saving humanitarian access we remind all parties. we remind all parties to the conflict that deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian and medical infrastructure or clear violations of international humanitarian law may constitute war crimes while the developments from yemen have taken the spotlight from other regional issues of the gulf cooperation council meeting in kuwait it's

yemen the north south divide this time. iran calls on the hoodies and yemen's former president to unite. hello from doha round come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera also had. a lot of be careful of are you mr president i watch that donald trump is warned against tweeting about the f.b.i. rusher investigation and uneasy calm in honduras as people await the results of the disputed presidential elections plus. i'm john hendren on the detroit river in the only floating postal code in the united states. so i heard the rebels and yemen's edified a cruise missile towards the united arab emirates although denying that claim the fighting back after former president ali abdullah saleh called for talks with the saudi led coalition. to end the war. sollars calls amount to treason the former allies have been fighting coalition forces since march twenty fifth during charlotte bella's has the full story. a missile launching from yemen aimed dubbing nuclear reactor at least that's what who the fighters say is happenin

the war in yemen has created what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict at least ten thousand civilians have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine and as the fighting continues many fear the situation on the ground could get worse if your style of al-jazeera. now the u.n. security council has been discussing whether iran is complying with the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement the missile launch from yemen featured in that debate to mike hanna has more from u.n. headquarters in new york. the secretary general affirmed that iran was in full compliance with its commitment to non-nuclear proliferation under the joint comprehensive plan of action indorsed by resolution twenty two thirty one but he raised questions about the possibility that iran was moving conventional weapons across his border and concerns expressed by some of the security council members were told to mr and by bronco looking at your gauge it would like to express its particular concern over the in

the healing of yemen's ousted president ali abdullah saleh by what the rebels has plunged the war torn country further into chaos the two sides had been allies until just a few days ago but this time switching sides led to the end of a man who had been president for thirty three years and navigated shifting alliances for decades in the style has more. a sudden end for one of yemen's most powerful men who the rebels say they killed ousted president aliyev delish sala during an attack on his convoy. his remains were packed on the back of a pickup truck in a televised statement the leader of the said salo was involved in a conspiracy with the saudi led coalition to take over well. what are the reasons behind this transfer to the other side suddenly you talk to the aggressors against your own people had been an alliance with the iranian backed for more than two years together they controlled the capital sanaa and fought against the saudi led coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by months or heidi but this partnership with the collapse last week sparking ma