Oh im Maryam Namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up yemens whos the rebels kill ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh days after the former allies turned on each other fighting and son killed at least one hundred twenty five people in six days and the violence has now spread around the country. Version fails to reach an agreement with the e. U. To move on to the next stage of brechts that talks. And were on the ground with the migrants playing a daily kassam mouse game with police at one of greeces biggest ports. And. With the days sports news as englands cricketers produce a late fight back but its australia who hold the advantage in the second ashes test. Allow our top story a man who ruled yemen for thirty three years till his ousting amid arab spring protests has been killed for owing the water own country into further time while Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed at a checkpoint outside the capital sanaa by whos the rebels hed been allies with in recent years and Fragile Alliance crumbled last week triggering intense street battles for control of the capital which have now killed at least two hundred twenty five people and just two days ago he publicly broke off ties with the who sees an offer to back the Saudi Led Coalition yemens president has called on yemenis to rise up against to see forces. And i call upon all of you with an open heart and a strong determined your page and to get rid of such a bike mayor lets put our hands together to end the control of these criminal gangs and to build a new united yemen. Brings us more now on the days events. A sudden end for one of yemens most powerful men who the rebels say they killed ousted president aliyev delish sala during an attack on his convoy. His remains were packed on the back of a pickup truck in a televised statement the leader of the who the said salo was involved in a conspiracy with the Saudi Led Coalition to take over well. What are the reasons behind this new transfer to the other side suddenly you took the egresses against your own people salah had been and an alliance with the iranian backed for more than two years together they controlled the capital sanaa and fought against the Saudi Led Coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by months or hadi but this partnership with the collapse last week sparking major confrontations between salis forces. And the rebels after days of running street battles announced he was ready for dialogue with the Saudi Led Coalition if it ended its blockade of yemen sports and airports and allowed for more humanitarian aid yemen is already a failed state its a state where there is no Central Government institutions have failed most of the structures of failed the economy has failed the war has further destructive it destroyed the entire country so i think in the in the short run we are in for a lot more violence. And the who pushed out how these government in january two thousand and fifteen and set up their own administration prompting the saudi led campaign against them since then the country has been split between the who the rebels in the north in ministration in the south and forces loyal to solid inviting began among the former allies its part fears of a new front in the war a war which has already killed nearly ten thousand people pushed yemen to the brink of mass starvation and triggered what the United Nations has called the worlds worst humanitarian crisis and there has been multiple investigations about the atrocities being committed in all. Parties are guilty whether its the whole thing is whether its the Saudi Led Coalition and you know the u. K. And the u. S. Are largely complicit in this war as well through the billions and billions of dollars worth of arms sales to the saudis the. As yemens president saleh ruled for more than three decades until he was forced to resign during the arab spring uprising but he was able to remain in the country and continue to wield enormous power behind the scenes its not yet clear what his death will mean for the fighting on the ground or future. Well Ali Abdullah Saleh was a master of shifting alliances playing both sides as well as switching them on to abdelhamid looks back at his eventful life. He once said that ruling yemen is like dancing on a snakes head and no one knew that dance better than Ali Abdullah Saleh mastering every step throughout his three decades in power. Believed only he could hold the country together but his legacy is one of corruption war and a deeply divided poor nation. Born in one thousand nine hundred eighty two as a young man he joined the army and rose to the rank of qana before taking part in a coup that later saw him become president of what was then north yemen at the age of thirty six for the next decade he oversaw fighting with the communist south the decline of the soviet union weakened his enemies and in one nine hundred ninety north and south yemen became one country with the last as its first president that same year iraqs leader Saddam Hussein a longtime close ally ordered the invasion of kuwait at the Un Security Council yemen voted against the use of force prompting the us to cut off millions in aid and i thank president for his strong support a decade later he was welcomed back by the west in october two thousand and attack on the american warship u. S. S. Cole off the shores of yemen killed seventeen sailors and injured thirty nine others washington understood that salah a secular leader and yemen we important in the socalled global war against terror hed won friends and cash but did little to fix yemens internal problems. Rebellion in the north and a separatist movement in the south critics say that more than a dancer was a dark horse of yemens to mulches politics playing off military and tribes to keep himself in power. The toughest challenge came in two thousand and eleven the arab spring was sweeping across the middle east. Inspired by tunisia and egypt yemenis filled the streets protesting against poverty unemployment and demanding for regime change but this sent was something solid never tolerated. Yemen who stood firm even when the protests turned violent a few months later injured in a rocket attack on his compound saleh was flown to saudi arabia for treatment his face burned and hands bandaged he appeared on t. V. Defiant as ever but this was a week a president abandoned by his political allies at home and under intense International Pressure to hand over power with yemen on the brink of civil war gulf countries brokered a deal that so power transferred to his deputy ive the rebel months who had in return for solace immunity from prosecution after ten months of protests many yemenis were celebrating his ousting even though the country was in tatters but Ali Abdullah Saleh had merely gone into the shadows we heard sing the next step in his snake dance and nearly three years later saleh was again at the forefront with a strong of support of the army he allied himself with the iranian backed who sees rebels they shared a common enemy his successor heading in two thousand and fifteen as Saudi Led Coalition started a military campaign to restore headed to power and imposed a blockade over the country but the snake charmer was losing direction just a few days before his death turned his back against duties signaling a possible return to the arab form it was meant to be another great survival act but it turned out to be his last for the. Well the u. N. Says fighting and saudi led as strikes have now intensified in sun our way as many streets blocked by tanks humanitarian operations including flights to and from the capital have been suspended the u. N. Has called for a pause in the fighting on tuesday to help civilians caught up in the violence. If you get some sort of oars all the time. You sleep. In the. Summer safely and its easy to get will children you know we. Literally had to get the much needed support to the medical but also to little to get water back into the hoses well its this tragic situation. Where joining me live from new york now is peter sold bray hes an expert on yemen from the middle east and north Africa Program at the think tank Chatham House thanks very much for speaking to us the alliance between the who sees and saleh was always one of tactical convenience wasnt it they never really trusted each other but did you ever expected to end like this absolutely the this was a marriage of convenience between two groups who never trusted one another never liked one another and had a serious the dark history reportedly allegedly ordered the killing of the Movement Founder hussein or hoof in two thousand and four in two thousand and fourteen when the who hes took over in sanaa remember very clearly asking who the support is what would happen with siler and they said at the time you know we will deal with him him eventual this was inevitable the surprise has been the timing that its happened now and in many ways its a demonstration from the who the side and from the solid side that they didnt believe the front lines in the war were going to change anytime soon and they were in a position of strength in the case of the who fees such that theyd be able to win the internal battle and maintain the front lines in the rest of the war so it doesnt really affect the who sees that much in the sense that from what youre saying they will be able to. Consolidate control over territory that they have what about salles side and his loyalists. Well thats thats the the big question here one argument is that sila gave it everything he got that we saw the extent of his ability to fight back against the who these and he was weaker than than here period another argument is that there is theres more to come but i think the big thing here was there was probably an expectation that the Saudi Led Coalition the yemeni troops fighting on the other side would enter on behalf of saddam and would help overstretched the who these and create an internal dynamic that allowed to be beat and that didnt really happen weve seen airstrikes and some but again on the key front lines no major push beyond what youve got is a calculus among many tribal groups in yemen who are broadly are live with salo but still look after their own interests that they were going to sit to one side see what happened and then make the decision as to which side to join the who these of one the fight in son are for now as far as we can see so the tribes at this moment in time ongoing to then jump in and start a fight with them you say the tribes wont jump in there not necessarily spoiling for a fight now weve had fighting talk from the calling for everyone to rise up against it he sees that in itself is nothing new but could there be an intensified battle for santa. Well how do you a couple of days ago now i think announced something called operation our robes on our we see no Real Movement hes called for an uprising against the who these in the past and his language has shifted dramatically he describes as a martyr talked about saddams forces the National Army earlier today but this is what we expect from hadi he likes making statements he likes talking about things as if he isnt some level of control or how some support on the ground but really this internal battle has very little to do with him and the big question again is whether or not so much how do you put the senior general on the anti hoofy side. Will order his men into battle and try moving to and if that were to happen we could see really bloody nasty battles breaking out but again we havent seen any indication that thats happening right now is the man to watch thank you very much Peter Soulsby putting that all into context for us thanks for having me and we also have Marwan Bashar Al Jazeera is senior political analyst joining us live from doha arent lurana just speaking there about the internal struggles that have been taking place within yemen but of course we have seen the conflict in yemen also very much. A place where we gentle opponents have competed for power and influence how might that change with the death of. It depends on a number of factors as you said some internal as we just heard from your guest and some regional it does depend on how regional powers notably saudi arabia. Iran will react to the developments today unfortunately what weve seen thus far is a Saudi Strategic failure in yemen of course a failure to win the war but also a failure to stop the bleeding of a country that has suffered so much over the last two and a half three years whats also unfortunate and here it goes to what you just said about. The internationally recognized leader of yemen hes been basically held now exactly hostage but hes not exactly the freest of men in saudi arabia basically riyadh has treated. Normal different really from the way they treated saddam had a area of lebanon they have a way of humiliating whether intentionally or otherwise there are lies and in so many ways the performance of the Saudi Led Coalition and there are lies in yemen and has been so poor so weak so. You know im interesting for yemenis to follow that i think it played in favor of the host these and their supporters and to iran in so many ways you know these little lets call them for the for the sake of it a Little Victories of the who thing is against for example their former ally i doubt the last allah is a certainly a slap in the face for saudi arabia and others who bet on saleh and it certainly will play into the iran. Arms but in the end of the day we can look at balance of sheets of winners and losers but yemen is certainly the biggest loser of all here and thats why you know ive been keep repeating then tire day that civil wars. Has no winners only losers so you know whoever come up and talk to they were probably really towards the bottom to morrow and soar so forth and in the process many embodies will suffer and it doesnt look like thats going to end anytime soon because the didnt seem to be any prospects for a cease fire or productive yemeni talks when you need the buy in on regional powers particularly saudi arabia at this time and the rest and they feel more threatened than ever by cross border attacks on their territory by the seas. Yes and thats why of course diplomatic solution is not only the most rational the most painless. And the most the quickest way out of the debacle of the tragedy called yemen today its also contrasted sharply with the calls that were hearing today about. You know our campaign to liberate sana and i just want to say that you know lets assume for a moment that this is possible and that eventually with all sorts of Regional Support and all kinds of powers within yemen coalescing together against the how these and. Try to imagine maria many of our viewers around the world will help us out here and try to imagine what would the sunni you look like in the next several weeks and months and maybe more to come a true civil war in the streets of the capital and other cities in yemen which means that all the sufferings that weve seen thus far and the disease and the destruction will only be part of part of a longer series of suffering of the yemenis so really even if some people now declare war on for some liberation of sort and so on and so forth try to take advantage of the void that. Has left but on the long term for yemen this is certainly not a reasonable option so you would hope tomorrow from the gulf summit in kuwait. There would be more sobering calls for perhaps a more or a greater International Regional role in order to even impose a diplomatic solution in yemen because otherwise escalation of military confrontations is just going to make a lot of people suffer thank you very much. Well now a syrian observatory for human rights says planes but only to the government in russia struck crowded residential areas in east and killing at least twenty seven people the u. N. Says about four hundred thousand civilians trapped in the rubble on clay the facing a complete catastrophe because the regime has blocked a deliveries east and has been besieged by army troops since two thousand and thirteen so and hunger is in beirut in neighboring lebanon and sent this report. Designated as a zone in reality is a battleground. Theres supposed to be no military activity under a deal guaranteed by russia turkey and iran. Says theres only escalation of the besieged rebel enclave on the outskirts of the syrian capital. And this is supposed to be a safe area but its not safe planes hit all day and all night where should we go. Deescalation agreement brought several months of relative calm but that we simply changed on sunday at least thirty people were killed and Dozens Injured in airstrikes that targeted several towns the syrian observatory for human rights said it was the biggest death toll in a single day since progovernment forces stepped up attacks to be weeks ago since then up to two hundred civilians have been killed. The regime didnt respect the deescalation agreement the russians said they would provide guarantees but they didnt. Is on the doorsteps of damascus its one of the last remaining areas under the control of the rebels and their last stronghold close to the capital its a strategic target for the Government Agencies are worried the intensity of the bombardment is worsening what they call a humanitarian disaster theres a shortage of food and medicines babies have died of starvation many suffer from malnutrition and up to five hundred people among them children are in desperate need of medical evacuation. Has been under government since two thousand and thirteen and the government launched a Major Military offensive in the. Goods the people have had to rely on irregular aid deliveries in the past two months supplies reach twenty percent of the four hundred thousand people trapped in these. Rebel fi