Ten Takeaways from YIF III - Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies

As the curtains closed on the third Yemen International Forum (YIF III), the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies reflected on the key takeaways and collective insights of Yemenis and the international community on the country’s current trajectory and path to peace and stability. Download as PDF More than 300 participants gathered in Amman from February 16-19 to attend the highly anticipated third Yemen International Forum, the largest annual gathering focused on peace-building in Yemen. Over the course of three days, Yemeni political leaders, tribal figures, women, minorities, youth, and civil society activists, alongside regional and international actors, UN representatives, and experts, engaged in candid and, at times, difficult discussions aimed at restoring peace and stability in Yemen and preventing further escalation of conflict.The optimism for a peace settlement that characterized the first two YIF forums, held in Stockholm (2022) and the Hague (2023), had been tempered by the...