The cessation in hostilities since the signing of last year’s truce paved the way for the public to demand salaries that had been suspended on the pretext of the war. [...] With the erosion of the political power of the Islah party, the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) is the only group capable of rejecting the concessions made by the Saudis. [...] Leaked information on the proposed provisions of the settlement suggests the Saudis are willing to bargain away the rights and resources of the south in the face of the Houthis maximalist demands. [...] And now we are supposed to hand over our resources to Sana’a in the time of wilayat al-faqih (Iran’s Guardianship of the Jurist)?!” In Search of a Miracle By Abdulghani al-Iryani With the news of the Houthi delegation’s visit to Riyadh raising hopes for peace among the Yemeni people, who have endured unspeakable suffering during the past nine years, it is unpleasant to have to temper expectations. [...] Prior to joining the Sana’a Center, Al-Iryani worked with the United Nations in the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen and with the United Nations Development Programme’s mission in Hudaydah, as well as with the World Bank on issues related to the conflict in Yemen.