Ali Mamori, a university professor and advisor to the former prime minister of Iraq, said that the Saudi-led coalition's seven-year war against the Houthis has not come to fruition, and that considering the group's weapons capabilities and its geographic location, there is no choice but to "negotiate" and "agree."

Ali Mamori, a university professor and advisor to the former prime minister of Iraq, said that the Saudi-led coalition's seven-year war against the Houthis has not come to fruition, and that considering the group's weapons capabilities and its geographic location, there is no choice but to "negotiate" and "agree."