Saudi Arabia: Yemen gov't close to reach peace with STC‏

The Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council are on the verge of making peace, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Jubeir said on Thursday.

"At this moment we are trying to establish peace between the Southern Transitional Council and the government of Hadi. I think we are close. This will strengthen the legitimate government of Yemen and ease its negotiations with the Houthis," Jubeir told the French newspaper Liberation.

Yemen has been engulfed in an armed conflict between the government forces, led by President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, and the Iran-backed Houthi movement for several years now.