the man khaled bahah wants to reform the army is detained. was captured by houthi fighters on the outskirts of aiden. khaled bahah became prime minister in october and his appointment was backed by houthis who was under house arrest and now he is expected to unite yemen people and create stability for the country, al jazeera. >>> al jazeera understands the u.n. has lined up a new special envoy to yemen, and has been chosen to succeed the former envoy jamal and resigned on wednesday among criticism of failure to broker an end to the crisis the u.n. must now endorse him for the job and worked for 28 years with the organization in africa and the middle east. and spoke to yemen ambassador to u.s. and said the yemen government is willing to work with the houthis if they start acting as part of the solution. >> they should stop their war against aiden, the killing and the butchering of the population in aiden and they should stop their operations and ties against the people and should stop their operations against them and pull out of the cities re

the man bahah wants to reform the army is detained. general was captured by houthi fighters on the outskirts of aden. bahah became prime minister in october. his appoint. was backed by the houthis who later put him under house arrest. now, he expects today unite yemenis and create stability for the country. al jazerra. >>> now, al jazerra has learned that the united nations has lined up a new special envoy for yemen. ismael from mauritania has work today 20 years for the u.n. in africa and the middle east, he's expected to exceed jamal ben. for his failure to broken an end to the fighting. the yemeni ambassador to the u.n. has been speaking to us at al jazerra and told us what he thought of jamal ben mall's rest. >> we than jamal did a lot of positive things in the past. his participation in the formation of all of the implementation of the initiative of the gcc and after that the follow-up of the election process in yemen. we than in the beginning jamal benomar was doing a great job. but the problem started when jamal benomar thought

khaled bahah became prime minister in october, his appointment was backed by the houthis who later puter house arrest, now he is expected to unite yemen people and create stability for the country. i'm with al jazeera. >>> diplomatic sources telling al jazeera that the united nations has lined up a new special envoy to yemen and ismael ould cheikh ahmed from mauritania worked with the middle east and will succeed the one to broker the fighter. graphic pictures of suspected chlorine gas attacks in syria and firsthand accounts from syrian doctors many are children and they will try to identify and prosecute attackers, a warning that this report by james base contains disturbing images. >> reporter: this shocking video was after a chemical attack in syria last year. the pictures of doctors trying to revive young children was shown to security council ambassadors. they were shocked, many were moved to tears. >> the video in particular of the attempts to resuscitate the children, i mean if there was a dry eye in the room i didn't see it. it was -- it's just devastating to see the facts of w

bahah. we really hope that he takes on the next mission that's going to be very difficult time in yemen. but as well the people have lost hope for a lot of applications. they've lost hope in parties and religious groups. so really it would be very difficult to gain credibility for any application at the moment as well as to gain people's trust. i think they have to focus on doing things on the ground. humanitarian aid, and having a campaign. >> it's good to get your insight. thank you for coming in. thank you. >>> well shortly after the saudi announcement i spoke with the political analysts in sanaa and he gave me his cement of how yemenis will react. >> there is an end of a decisive storm, and move to go another phase, which is restoring hope. they didn't paint much in he details. there is no cease-fire. now when they come back to the news channels they realize there is an actual cease-fire. when they see the outies celebrating people will realize that this wash will move into its second ph

. >> yes they want him to go and move on to bahah. activists seem to be willing to work with him but this is someone who needs the backing of top military commanders powerful tribesmen willing to come together and pull the nation from a brink of chaos and come to a settlement. now he has to overcome obstacles such as houthies' political implications reaching out to factions and stemming al-qaeda in the center of the country. a mammoth task for bahah. >> al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations in new york, and iran an important player here not as authority directly involves in the crisis in yemen but it's opinion and what it does matters. i think the announcement is important. perhaps even more important explaining what may be going on behind the scenes the fact that some hours now the dip foreign minister predicted that there is going to be a cease-fire as described in yemen. that's certainly not what the saudis have announced. but it suggests to me that perhaps there is some connection. there are some talks

many would like to see vice president bahah to replace hadi. but hadi was showing that he had more popular people on his side. i agree generally i think this is a speech--i was going to say that yemenis were expecting more but i think yemenis have given up expecting dramatic speeches from hadi. >> he has had the saudis come up and say we're going to stop the bombing campaign. and we've had houthi leaders say we're coming close to a settlement. >> yes and we have not really gotten anything--there was really no knock-out punch. there was nothing significant out of there. the language about the national military and specifically the language about the militias in the south, i think there is a sign of a worry there suggesting that perhaps this conflict is not as over as some people have said. unnotably some of the language is very strong in terms of sending people to the dust pin of history. that suggests that maybe despite the calls for a political settlement that may suggest that reconciliation is further away than many people hoped. but when it

bahah became prime minister in october.ointment was backed by the houthis who later put him under house arrest. now, expected to unite yemenis and create stability for the country. al jazerra. >>> diplomat sortses have told al jazerra that they have lined up a new ambassador. he worked with the u.n. in the middle east and is expected to succeed benomar who resigned on wednesday following criticism of his failure to broken an end to the fighting. >> a yemeni ambassador to the u.n. told also what he thought of jamal benomar'sests . >> we think that he did a lot of positive things in the past. i mean, his participation in the formation of all the implementation of the gcc initiative and after that the follow-up of the election process in yemen in 2012. then the follow-up of the outcome of the national dialogue in 2015. we think that in the beginning jamal benomar was doing a great job of the but the problem was when he thought he might promote the presence of the houthis as the militia group with using their force as the power

khaled bahah is currently vice president and prime minister.ask is to pull together a nation on the brink of civil war. khaled bahah says he is willing to work with his houthi opponents and forces loyal to the former president but only if they disarm. >> translator: we must give them a chance and united behind our project for a civil state and to achieve that malitia loyal to houthis and implement go to yemen and stop destroying the country. >> reporter: yemen's biggest challenge is deteriorating humanitarian situation. hundreds of yemen people have been killed since the start of the conflict three weeks ago. the city of aiden is burying the brunt of heavy fighting. >> translator: yemen faces a tough situation, shortage and food medicine and necessities like electricity and fuel and requires intervention to prevent this in yemen and they will tackle the urgent needs of people and decided to form relief. >> reporter: for now the president and vice president won't be able to return home. part of the country remain under houthi control. the man kh

the man khaled bahah wants to reform the army is detained. he was captured by houthi fighters on the outskirt of aden. he became prime minister in october, his appointment backed by the houthis, who later put him under house arrest. now he is expected to unite and create stability >>> >>> al jazeera understands that ismail ould chekh ahmed has been chosen to precede jamal benomarment the u.n. must endorse ismail ould chekh ahmed for the job. he's worked for the organization for 25 years. we were told what was thought of jamal benomar's efforts. >> we think that jamal benomar did a lot of positive things in the past. his participation in the formation of all the implementation of the g.c.c. initiative, and the follow up of the election process in yemen. in 2012, then the follow up of the outcome of the national dialogue in 2015. in the beginning they were doing a greaton. the problem started when it was thought that the president of the houthis was thought to be promoted as a militia group, using them as a powerful element. no one accepted tha

bahah was backed by the houthis. now he faces the delicate tact of putting an end to the fighting. >> mike viqueira joins us live from washington. mike how is the u.s. reacting to this news, and what does it mean for u.s. ships near the gulf of aden? >> well, good evening to you. this has always been a three-level issue for the united states. a lot at stake right here. all of it getting tangled up in the situation in yemen right now. late in the afternoon the white house put out a somewhat perfunctory is statement welcoming what the saudis have announced. they want the u.n.-brokered peace talks to go forward in yes pen. obviously those talks in somewhat of a shambles. but when you look at the coming to yemen and has been for the last several years, it's defeating al qaeda on the arabian peninsula, through the cooperation with the president. and his president abd-rabbu mansour hadi. with the government advancing, they are enemies, and enemies of a close ally the saudis, and the saudi arabia-led coalition, the american

houthis themselves they are not far from the possibility of eventually having some kind of deals with bahah he is the only cabinet member who was released voluntarily by the houthis from the house arrest. so he was let go by them. he did not escape like hadi or many others. so they let him go and they had the hopes that this man is somebody who we can speak with later, so that there is a lot of hope in this respect >> okay. we'll probably be seeing and hearing more from the vice president going forward. >>> the u.n. refugee agency says more than 1200 people fleeing yemen have arrived in jabudi and somalia in the last three weeks. refugees have sailed from yemen across a channel of the red sea only 30 kilometers wide but there is no end in site to the fighting that has forced so many to flee. >> reporter: on the offensive, and pushing forward. fighters loyal to president hadi continue to make gains in the port city of aden. they manage to capture a tank used by houthis, destroyed another, and reportedly killed at least ten fighters on wednesday. the gains made have also lead to the defection