The ambassadors of the ten states sponsoring the GCC power transfer deal are set to discuss with the Republican Guards Chief, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is also former President's eldest son, the current situation in the country. Riyadh daily newspaper reported on Tuesday citing diplomats that the GCC deal sponsoring states seek to press Ahmed and other former President's allies into listening to the republican decrees issued by President Abdu Rabu Hadi and into committing to the accord. Abdul-Hameed Maquala-- a military leader who is a relative of Saleh-- is refusing to obey the orders of the newly-appointed chief of the Third Brigade which belongs to the Republican Guards, the best equipped and trained military troops in Yemen. Many Yemenis think they the republican guard troops are more loyal to their commander than to their homeland as they played a major part in the crackdown on the peaceful protesters and in helping Saleh endure a year of continued popular protests. Although Saleh's nephew Tariq Mohammed Saleh who was dismissed by Hadi announced that he would abide by Hadi's decrees in the presence of the UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Bin Omar, he still refuses until now to hand over the command of the Third Brigade to his successor, the sources told the paper.
Also, the diplomatic sources stressed that the US is going to take decisive actions against the sides hindering the implementation of the GCC-brokered accord in the few coming days and pointed out that taking actions against those derailing the transitional process is much easier to Washington than it's to the EU. Yemen is currently plagued by various crises such as a war with the terrorists, and the increasingly powerful secessionist rebellion in the south, and Shiite insurgency in the far north.