Coincidence Lurch is sidelined with a broken leg?

Via Deutsche Welle

A spokesman for exiled Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told the news agency Reuters on Sunday that the unprecedented talks in Oman had been initiated at American request.

A private American plan had carried Houthi rebel representatives to Oman’s capital Muscat, said Rajeh Badi, the spokesman for Hadi in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, has led a coalition of Middle East nations in air strikes on Iran-backed Houthi Shiite rebels since late March. But, Oman, a frequent peacebroker in the region, has avoided a role in the Saudi airstrikes.

Since seizing the capital Sanaa earlier this year, the rebels have advanced from northern strongholds into southern Yemen.