United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed briefed the Security Council on June 21, 2016 marking 60 days of relentless diplomatic efforts in Kuwait to find a way out of the 15-month-old Yemeni conflict. The talks among Yemeni rivals that began on April 21, after direct contacts between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis on March 7, are yet to secure a peace agreement. This paper analyzes the policy impact of courting the Houthis and how this decision changed the dynamics of the Yemeni conflict.