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  • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.ml
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    8 days ago

    ❗️Reuters: US, Ansarallah held secret talks in Oman over weekend

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    US officials met with representatives of Yemen’s Ansarallah in Oman over the weekend, according to five sources familiar with the matter to Reuters, days after the group seized a strategic section of the Red Sea coast during an offensive that pushed back Saudi-backed forces.

    The meeting, which was not publicly announced, took place at the US Embassy in Muscat, three sources said on condition of anonymity. Two sources said Oman’s government helped arrange the talks.

    Two sources said Ansarallah told US officials during the meeting, which one source said was held on Sunday, that they had no plans to attack US vessels and remained committed to the 2025 ceasefire with Washington. One Yemeni source said the group also pledged not to target Israeli ships or commercial vessels, with the exception of Saudi-owned vessels.

    Two sources said the US delegation consisted of embassy personnel. One said the Yemeni delegation included senior Muscat-based official Mohammad Abdulsalam, who is under US sanctions, while another source confirmed Abdulsalam’s attendance along with senior Ansarallah official Abdelmalik al-Ajiri.

    https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68056

    This is another example of sloppy reporting by The Cradle. The source they are uncritically parroting is Reuters, who in turn, are sourcing their claims with three “anonymous sources” aka a tripartite of trite.

    There is nothing to verify any of these claims, and if anything, it just doesn’t make sense. Yemen would not need to inform Washington about its targeting of only Saudi ships, as they announced it to the world already. The blockade of Saudi shipping was one of the initial catalysts for Ansarallah eventually escalating to this point.

    Bot to mention, other reports from the Cradle contrudict Reuters, such as:

    Yemen’s control of Bab al-Mandab Strait ‘deepens crisis’ at Israel’s Eilat Port

    Which runs opposite to the Reuters claim that Ansarallah agreed to not target Israeli ships.

    The Reuters report is nothing but the imperialists attempt to calm oil markets in any way they can. It’s not dissimilar from them reporting China is pressuring Iran to reign in Ansarallah, when all China did was relay a message from Saudi Arabia to Iran without leveraging their relationship at all.