US envoy says Houthis should learn from their losses in Yemen and negotiate peace

Yemen is in a “state of escalatory military action” and the Houthi militia must see that their recent losses indicate “there is no military solution and the only pathway forward is dialogue,” according to Tim Lenderking, the US special envoy for Yemen.

The Houthi offensive on the Yemeni province of Marib, including repeated attacks on civilian areas and against camps for internally displaced persons, “has been the primary obstacle to peace efforts,” he said.

The Yemeni civil war, which began in 2014, is considered one of the world’s worst humanitarian and developmental crises.