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a new setback for yemen a bomb explosion kills at least 26 as a new unity government returns from saudi arabia who could be behind the attack and our hopes of ending the civil war slipping further away this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. yemen's new unity government has come under attack just a week after it was sworn in at least 26 people died when a bomb exploded as minister stepped off a plane at either an airport the government members were unhurt but 3 red cross

workers were among the dead the saudi erotic coalition responded with airstrikes against her with the rebels who deny being behind the attack it's the latest setback to peace after nearly 6 years of civil war in yemen as barbara reports. waving at supporters as they climbed off their flight attendant airport members of yemen's new unity government returned days after being sworn into office at a ceremony in saudi arabia. but the hopes of rebuilding the country after more than 6 years of civil war turned into chaos a devastating attack on agency international airport and the work of more than a year of saudi break up talks and a deal signed in 2019 now in question the government members were led to safety but analysts say the authority of the new administration has been undermined yemen's new prime minister moved quickly to try and restore confidence. with the people

this attack gives the government the responsibility to put an end to the could and to restore the country and the state again the government an addon will go on continue its job supported by the people of yemen we will never let our people down the terrorists never defeat our people we will be victorious we will accept nothing but victory sides government was formed as a compromise between you a backed separatist in the southern transitional council of aden and saudi backed loyalists of president abu reprimand so hardy in riyadh the 2 camps for to each other after separatists declared a state of emergency and self government in aden and surrounding southern provinces but together they aim to launch a knighthood front against iran backed walls in yemen's capital sana'a who deny they were behind the attack but the bloodshed at the airport is likely to put any hopes of peace in yemen back a long way barbara and al jazeera. all

right let's introduce our panel in doha abraham pretty hard associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute. but on director of political studies at the arab center for research and policy studies and so on but director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies welcome to all of you ibrahim let me start with you today how much has the authority of the unity government been undermined by this attack and i've been. well significantly how mad i think this says. you would challenge a presence that you had secured at the challenge for the government that has think it almost a year since the signing of that agreement until this government has finally finally been formed and that the brought everyone together on the southern part of the yemen is and now well it is to start with it and then you have comes.

huge security breach and that enjoyments and then which undermines. could ability that you need the. and raises questions about its future where canadian let's keep in mind also that the situation has not been to secure the 'd only 2 that get it at or but also we have about another attack that happened actually that the after. the you know at me out of the chief presidential palace where the prime minister the cliff huge saw it seems that that is. what it's not. single incident that happened in the airport but it seems that there was a planning behind that that is something that is a pity that it's on that back of side to undermine the credibility and the thought at the end the future work of the senate to give them one yemen's new prime

minister has moved quickly to try to restore confidence in the government is he really going to be able to do that after an attack of this significant. well visible i think we need to know who's behind that that actually because. it will change how we see the conflict on that the suspect because if we agree with the government of iraq that also have the and that with these are behind the attacks that would actually. issue into i defended entities but if we are talking about to be believed from the south i'm talking here about the whole kind of and within south ossetia that concept. that is also i mean different directories the chinese maybe if we are if we have to go with the 2nd the probability of the chinese are you with in this case why because that to me is you have

a bit of problem with in the south and there's not a concept of maybe playing on the mind then you're going to go because actually they just don't like what and what the saudis are planning to do here. forcing them to evacuees and said that it was asians will deny that and also on the weekend then falling. off that you will have difficulties are behind that of course i mean that is a different journey and that means that all these actually it can be just as far as i can and that the the new government so all so it's very it's very difficult it's very different actually. to understand the syntax of this and the bending and behind ins that will be on man who is not going to visit the south and doesn't like consulate and maybe they're not that i mean it's which is supporting. that particular group and that's not so so he actually did that as if he wished there is a huge difference between these 2 different peavey's salt on the new unity government

was formed as a compromise between u.a.e. backed separatists in the southern transitional council and the other end and the saudi backed loyalists a president sort of had the in the riyadh how difficult was it to reach this power sharing deal and does all of this put it in jeopardy now. well it's obviously it was very difficult to reach to that point and the real issue is. surrounding the issue of if you're to see each other government you know originally had his government was considered as the legitimate representative and the region of the government of the you know meant and the whole war was launched in order to protect this legitimate government and the u.n. resolution 2216. went through and so on and now we are in a situation where that government has actually been negotiated and it's been negotiated because of a fracture between the united arab emirates and saudi arabia as the allies each

backing a different site now that in itself has already. reduced the illegitimacy of this arrangement and has made it very very difficult in the eyes of the yemenis but also outside yemen people to look at it and take it seriously especially when the government was named still in the area and now there is a real risk with this attack that they may withdraw the government bacteria from moderate and i think that to be very very very very dangerous at this stage from a different perspective everybody wanted the yemenis to have a unified as unified voice as possible and to try and reduce this conflict as much as possible into a 2 sided conflict with these and the other so a lot of effort as a brain mentioned earlier went into establishing this government and i think this attack has. again depends as an iran said if it is how these went after

the airplane and the delegation then that may help mobilize people around the government and if it is actually other side then it's a different scenario ibrahim from your vantage point do you believe that this attack was meant to destroy the new unity government. well we got of this of lose the 2nd of the onset i believe is yes with that it's the who has. been the fist in that your that they want to send a very strong message that this unity government that took you a whole year in order to put this together among all the different factions here is our response the moment. then. for the missiles or the most of the shells because that's also there's a big difference between whether this has been hit by missiles as some of the theater does or to mark the shelves because this prison to get this has security

implications you know with that it's within. that fact happened within the city of aden over came from outside. the gauntlets i think with us came from outside or from from and then the messages from the whole of the site that's. that's religious of challenges. and the others that are however if this if this actually came from some sensational council then we have a much bigger problem on a lot of hands because this is a serious questions about to what extent actually separate the. council in the south is really cool we have to get that with the new government because this now has if it's the case then it has a pretty serious questions about the future of this government as to what extent they're willing to cooperate because one major reason is that they are in control

of security in that and then the city will be the analysis you would see of. a genuine. strong support from the transitional council i don't think this government can win because again their control of the security. but also told the benefit of this analysis let's also not exclude. the chances of not. great but let's also not exclude other see not just like there are a lot of players and they like that guy that isis in the past they launched some attacks so. again this is not a good assumption that you are but instead as one of the cases or to some group in a mess from the southern support this will then. that the transitional council if it's behind that then it will to present a different set of challenges because i'm lists that number them that they need that believe that ship of the. 7 transitional council is behind this then i think

the challenges will be more amenable to deal with. would be easier for the government to have my one you heard about him there talk about the security situation and adnan i want to focus on that for a moment because presumably the airport where the attack happened in i did yesterday presumably that would have been one of the more secured areas or one of the most secure areas in all of yemen if an attack like this can happen in a place that is supposedly as heavily fortified as the airport should have been what does that saying about the security situation in the country overall. well it shows actually how good you got the position of the yemeni government is and that this one young man has just like all other conflicts and that he's and you have so many have this study come to get it because you have so many bodies a lot and walled in this conflict it's i mean look at the how the whole b.z. hot out there were also hot the idea how the south and position of each having

their own their own interests actually of course i mean has but i'm set also have oswald back and isis. internet edition that he will have a lot about saudi arabia you have the opposite of him as want also having different agendas in the saudi arabia and if you don't have the same i didn't know when you talk about the amount and don't mention any of those and you have also other players so this is a very difficult actually conflict in which you are trying actually to bring almost all of the bodies like if you want something which is a just going to be extremely difficult because at the saudis it actually managed to do over the boss the boss to actually win be managed to do have that 2 sides and the south. the government about that but also had the one hand under something transitional council on the other hand i could see one forming a unity government of course i mean that is a very very good step forward but as we said a lot of the discussion there are so many challenges of course you have to but it's

going to challenge the saudis have been playing hashed of this government and blissful for many months now that many find any because they are becoming also under huge pressure they are expecting them that in coming by the administration with russia on them in order to stop the war and yemen the war in yemen is that there was a you crisis described by the united nations and the saudis and actually the image has been taught missed because of their involvement in the war in yemen. on the other hand of course you have this this tension between iran and the i just is that your audience halls that it would want very much to have a lot to say. conflict in yemen is differences between saudi arabia and yemen especially now because the saudis are going towards not pushed out with qatar not as they are not as actually they don't like that very much so have so many actually different agendas and i believe that this is a good the situation in the ground is going to get does sort of conflict between these different places where there are

a lot of any inside yemen who will be in that he or internationally so this situation is not going to be is not going to be any easier in the coming days and the coming weeks and i months i miss you have some sort of a quote me not that you got but in one of these bodies the got a big interest in dugout in yemen just like in all other companies and that easy to get in the context of good night bobby in this conflict or that he has a mission actually to do having some sort of a bit to go situation so to see how things are going to be in all and then nothing beats switching off the coming down. the coming hold on you have ministration and no i didn't ask how that is going to actually be i think there was a general day i mean to saudi arabia and iran how that is going to connect went up bodies in yemen and how does that out that's going to be actually going to do also and does get this nation and conduct constant assault on you heard the ibrahim there make mention of groups that still have a presence no matter how small on the ground in yemen groups like eisel and

a card that's why i wanted to ask you 1st of all how much of a threat in yemen is still posed by groups like al qaida and i still and also is there a security vacuum in yemen and if so how much of a security vacuum is there. i think it probably is a mistake to talk about this event as a as a preach of security as if security existed in the country security and i'm sure if you were to speak to colleagues or friends from yemen they will tell you that the it's a community that they've lost for a long time now and it is missed in night in as much as it is in sanaa and elsewhere the issue here of course the al qaeda and all of these terrorist groups have thrived as a result of the fault line between the how these and and the others and they managed to very much like water in a cracks they moved around they really. reengaged and so on and i think this

is something that the americans will come to realize very soon after by biden takes or the office in washington. the threat from terrorism is there very much there the real issue about these attacks that i fear is that it is pushing for an increase conflict escalation and maybe it is pushing the how these another step forward by october. this year they for the 1st time of the new friends around the cities are secure. which is resource rich and in fact they have managed to win $11.00 position on the outskirts of the city but they stop there now with this escalation it is likely that the how these will push further iran will be much more interested and excited in supporting them so that they prepare for war in the new member taken administration arrives they they need a stronger hand to be able to negotiate with the united states and and as such i

think we look back at who was behind this incident i agree with marwan that it is it is it could be any side and there are many many theories that are coming out one of them speaks very clearly about the fact that. the head of the southern council has actually left the airport before the the missiles struck and that brings the figures as to whether there has been something agreed that the others were not aware of and so on the real. loss i think is again we're going to have delays in the potential of resolving this conflict through negotiations in november few a few weeks ago. he has. reportedly offered the how these kind of for the to do with them offering a ceasefire in return for establishment of

a buffer zone and that and also the 2 they were willing to ease their own sea blockade and that in itself was actually a step forward in that the saudi started to directly negotiate they shoes with the how things i think it is long as it's wrong and you know that the international community is so ready and and the regional countries should really approach this problem beyond it being the versus the how of the and the should be direct negotiations with the sony's over their interest as much as between them and happy and i hammered on mention a few moments ago that there's a lot that could impact the situation on the ground in yemen and one of the things that will be interesting to see is how the incoming joe biden administration in the u.s. might change things on the ground do you think they will play a bigger role in yemen will a president joe biden in the united states do something different that could impact

the situation on the ground in yemen from your perspective. well let important think i'm home at about this conflict unfortunate there that it's really lost to the regional conflict to the regional components of the challenge of that i believe you know between iran and so that have emanated states and all them all but that would seem regional level and that's has been will probably probably be the primary reason why this conflict has not but it's all because simply you cannot just sit at it that from what's going on on that region on an international level you know and is backing the which is supporting that with this and it's a cheap proxy war. to support wind saudi arabia continues to be for the past 5 years since this war started with the heavy of all but also the idea of yeah but i guess what it's fully aligned this does not close that on much but now we are seeing actually and nor and. call it you know that post that. that's

taking place. after jenny what it 23 and what by then is willing and able to do in order to address the regional conflict with iran and it's an issue of whether the air would saudi arabia and others i think in on would be willing. the way i understand this if it's of out of c.d.'s a lot of if if i see this all for from the united states about the new copy of the nuclear project that probably would be willing to engage in some sort of permit. in yemen because yemen is not the national security issue or 4th party line and it's more hanging fruit sort in on you know on the can you was just got their lives very very well played back onto the in the different proxy wars in the conflict so iran might be willing to engage in some sort of deal making depending on how the

negotiations are all the. it's a nuclear activities is going to do it and to what extent that it is the united states is winning the support saudi arabia and this will so i think after january 20th we are talking probably about a new context a north regional context sort of this conflict which was dependent on that it should have x. could either out of this scale they have been on big o. d. is still is depending on that again the best definition of the discussion that each of conflict the proxy wars that you know i'm supporting of the region why don't we only have a couple of minutes left in your previous answer you referred to the dire humanitarian crisis that's been going on in yemen for quite some time so i want to ask you a little bit more about that you know there were 3 staff members with the red cross who were killed in this attack mark lowe cock who is the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and the emergency relief coordinator he issued a statement saying this tragic event is an urgent reminder that all parties in the

conflict must respect their obligation under international humanitarian law to protect civilians provide aid workers with a safe working environment and to spare civilian objects so my question to you is how will this attack further complicate humanitarian efforts going forward in yemen . it's good for them to get it but on the other hand had to put the ball so good in pleasing measure. especially when the saudis that it was not we are expecting that the incoming by the administration will be. perhaps interested more in this human life issues and the humanitarian crisis in yemen we believe that at all because in that issues are going to be on the agenda of the and coming by that mr john going to all be a lot is to get on one hand and yemen and yemen mainly because of the humanitarian crisis in that country this is why we believe that the saudis the actually and exacted he was a part of the know it that to happen this is unity government see like before the

coming of the new administration the white house because they believe that they are going to have the i'm going to come i'm going to huge pressure why is it the mistake should not have to stop the war and you know i don't want to be president by again but i didn't elect biden actually but on is that he would be revising his policy or assuming the sending off weapons does how good it is was in the mid east because of the boom of isaac was on was what it was it will be and what it meant in gauntlets and. in that agency of the human issues but also i just said would be also that i didn't force her having some sort of a new at a time and but of course i think it's much more complicated than that because not as brahim said actually yemen has become much more than it due to the iranians the i do's in yemen as at that age against us now it is the are actually when they want to get out is at that you know outlet and see the other response is actually digging. in yemen i guess i'll get 8 years so this is why last year actually dissolve the organisations have been at that in

a country as we have been seeing also so many at that point by that with these we need that iran is using that which is in this case as a as a as a proxy you know that the attacks are. with bush on his allies and the less allies in this case. they're not just us we've run out of time so we're going to have to leave the conversation there thanks so much to all our guests ibrahim for how much i want. but i caught. and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story for me i'm a gentleman the whole team here by for now. on

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