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Are Saudis readying Yemen's Tareq Saleh for Sanaa battle?

The situation in Yemen’s south is volatile and the north is still in the Houthis’ firm grip, so people's curiosity has been raised about the motives behind Brig. Gen. Tareq Saleh's recent trip to Saudi Arabia.

A correspondent in Yemen
A correspondent in Yemen
Jan 27, 2020
CORRECTING BYLINE AND REMOVING RESTRICTIONS Yemen's political security chief, Ghaleb Alqamesh (R), commander of the Yemeni president's personal guard, Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh (2-R), Tourism Minister Nabil Alfaqih (2-L) and deputy prime minister for security affairs, Rashad Alimi (L), attend the premier of the Yemeni film about terrorism "The Loser Bet" in Saana on August 24, 2008. The film was produced by the ministry of the interior as part of a media campaign against terrorism and was shown for the
Yemen's political security chief, Ghaleb Alqamesh (R), the commander of the Yemeni president's personal guard, Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh (2-R), Tourism Minister Nabil Alfaqih (2-L) and the deputy prime minister for security affairs, Rashad Alimi (L), attend the premiere of the Yemeni film about terrorism "The Loser Bet," Saana, Yemen, Aug. 24, 2008. — KHALED FAZAA/AFP via Getty Images

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