UN deputy envoy Maeen Sharim (R) arrives in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 6, 2017. UN deputy envoy Maeen Sharim arrived in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Saturday. This is Maeen Sharim's first visit to Yemen since his appointment to seek arrangements for holding talks planned by the United Nations between the Yemeni warring parties, the Iranian-allied Shiite Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed Sunni government of exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)