Yemen rebels reject UN envoy as mediator in conflict
Yemen’s Shiite rebels and their allies have rejected the U.N. special envoy to the country as a peace negotiator, calling him biased, according to The Associated Press
In a speech televised on rebel television, the leader of a pro-rebel political council in Yemen’s fractious war says envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh is “not desirable” for resolving the country’s conflict. Saleh al-Samad adds that the United Nations should know he is “is not wanted after today.”
The rebels, known as Houthis, backed that stand in a statement.