Few Yemenis will miss their ousted president, who was meant to serve a two-year transitional term but stayed for ten
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskAs several Yemenis tell the tale, the grandees in Riyadh were relieved of their mobile phones and put in separate rooms. The Saudis ordered Yemen’s feckless president, Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to cede power to an eight-man council. His resignation was duly announced to the media. Only then were the council members, who had been cooling their heels for hours, told of their unexpected promotions.
The coalition invaded in 2015 after the Houthis seized large parts of the country, including the capital, Sana’a. It expected to dislodge them within weeks. Instead it got stuck in a quagmire. No one is winning, but the Saudis are certainly losing vast amounts of money and prestige. Two commercial flights a week will also be allowed to and from Sana’a; its airport has been closed to ordinary traffic since 2016. But it is unclear when they will start or who will be let aboard. There is talk of reopening roads to Taiz, which the Houthis have been encircling for years. These are all modest gestures, given the scale of Yemen’s suffering. Though they are welcome, many Yemenis doubt they will last.
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