Saudis Host Surprise Talks Between U.A.E., Yemen Brotherhood
- Meeting could mark beginning of new realignments in Yemen
- Saudi Prince Mohammed made the meeting happen, Islah says
Mohammed al-Yadomi in 2009.
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Mohammed al-Yadomi, the head of an influential Yemeni party, was attending a summit on Jerusalem in Istanbul on Wednesday when he was summoned to the Saudi capital for an unprecedented meeting with two of the Arab world’s most powerful leaders.
A private Saudi plane flew al-Yadomi to Riyadh for talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the crown prince of the U.A.E.’s capital, Abu Dhabi, according to the deputy chief of Islah’s media department, Adnan al-Odaini.