A delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels have flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the years long war tearing at the Arab world’s poorest nation, officials say. It remains unclear what terms now are being discussed between Riyadh and the Iranian-backed Houthis, who have held Yemen’s capital of Sanaa since September 2014. But the trip comes after regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran reached a Chinese-mediated détente earlier this year and as there’s been a flurry of diplomatic activity between the different parties in the proxy war.
This latest effort appears to have begun with a visit Monday to Oman by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who launched the kingdom-led war back in March 2015. Oman has served as an interlocutor between both Iran and the Houthis during the war.