![Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Kuwait City on 30 January 2022 [Jaber Abdulkhaleg/Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20220130_2_51963855_73163345.jpg)
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called on Tuesday for an immediate halt to escalation in Yemen and for pursuing dialogue and peaceful political action to ease tensions in the country, Anadolu reports. In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed deep concern over rapidly unfolding and dangerous developments in Yemen after the takeover of the eastern provinces of Hadramaut and Al-Mahra by the Southern Transitional Council (STC). He urged all member states of the Saudi-led Arab Coalition in Yemen “to preserve the spirit of Arab solidarity during this sensitive period, exercise restraint and adhere to a unified Arab position in support of Yemeni legitimacy.” The Arab League chief renewed his condemnation of any military movements aimed at imposing a separatist reality […]
