Ex-Yemen President: No Difference Between 'Saudi Regime,' Terrorists

© AFP 2023 / FAYEZ NURELDINE Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman (2nd L), who is the desert kingdom's deputy crown prince and second-in-line to the throne, arrives at the closing session of the 4th Summit of Arab States and South American countries held in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on November 11, 2015
Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman (2nd L), who is the desert kingdom's deputy crown prince and second-in-line to the throne, arrives at the closing session of the 4th Summit of Arab States and South American countries held in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on November 11, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said there was no difference between Saudi Arabian authorities and extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and Daesh.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A coalition of Sunni-led Gulf Arab nations led by Saudi Arabia entered the conflict in March 2015, waging air strikes on the Houthis as well as on al-Qaeda militants who had taken control of parts of the mountainous nation.

Opposition fighters belonging to Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army), the foremost rebel group in Damascus province who fiercely oppose to both the regime and the Islamic State group, check their ammunition belts in Tal al-Aswan in the area of the eastern Ghouta rebel bastion east of the Syrian capital, Damascus, during clashes with government forces on February 9, 2016. - Sputnik International
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"This all happens in full view of the Saudi regime. They tell the world, which doesn't want to understand anything: 'We are against Al-Qaeda.' What Al-Qaeda, what ISIL [Daesh]? They are ISIL. They are al-Qaeda. Everyone knows what this regime is about," Saleh told the RT television channel in an interview released Saturday.

Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government headed by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels, which have been supported by army units loyal to Saleh.

On April 10, ceasefire came into effect in the country. A new round of UN-backed talks on Yemen’s reconciliation began on April 21 in Kuwait.

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