Saudi Arabia offers five-day Yemen ceasefire

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Let's hope that the Houtis agree to this so that the much needed aid gets through.


Saudi Arabia offers five-day Yemen ceasefire
By Reuters
Published: May 7, 2015

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Saudi King Salman at the Royal Court, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO: REUTERS

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia offered a five-day humanitarian truce on Thursday to the Houthi militia it has hit with weeks of airstrikes in neighbouring Yemen, on condition that fighting across Yemen stops.

International concern about Yemen’s dire humanitarian situation has grown as fighting, airstrikes and an arms embargo have led to civilian deaths, internal displacement, destruction of infrastructure and shortages of food, medicine and fuel.

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[Sunni Man]

Let's hope that the Houtis agree to this so that the much needed aid gets through.


Saudi Arabia offers five-day Yemen ceasefire
By Reuters
Published: May 7, 2015

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Saudi King Salman at the Royal Court, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO: REUTERS

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia offered a five-day humanitarian truce on Thursday to the Houthi militia it has hit with weeks of airstrikes in neighbouring Yemen, on condition that fighting across Yemen stops.

International concern about Yemen’s dire humanitarian situation has grown as fighting, airstrikes and an arms embargo have led to civilian deaths, internal displacement, destruction of infrastructure and shortages of food, medicine and fuel.

Continue reading at:

Saudi Arabia offers five-day Yemen ceasefire - The Express Tribune?

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Saudi airstrike kills dozens at wedding party in Yemen...

Three bridegrooms among dozens dead in Yemen airstrike
Thursday 8th October, 2015 - Dozens of people, including three brothers who were preparing to get married, were killed when a suspected Saudi missile strike hit a marriage party in southwest Yemen on Thursday, residents said.

Though the exact number of casualties could not be confirmed independently, media reports said that at least 30 people were killed when the missile hit a house in the town of Sanban in Dhamar region. At least 50 people were wounded. The family and relatives were celebrating the marriage ceremony of the three brothers who were waiting for their brides' party to arrive when the missile hit their house. The brides were unharmed, locals and medics said. Residents blamed the Saudi-led forces for the deadly attack. "Coalition warplanes launched the attack. The house was completely destroyed," said Taha al-Zuba, a witness and local resident. "Warplanes were heard in the area ahead of the attack."

The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah television said on Twitter that the wedding was hit by "aggression warplanes," referring to the coalition assembled by Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is leading a regional coalition of forces to battle Iran-backed Houthis in the Arabian Peninsula nation. They are trying to restore Yemen's ousted President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. This is the second attack on a wedding party since last month when a strike killed more than 130 people on Sep 28. There was no immediate coalition comment on Thursday's strike. The coalition however last week denied that its airstrikes hit the Sep 28 wedding party. The deadly strike came as officials said Yemeni government forces and their allies, including coalition troops, captured the last outpost of the Shia Houthi rebels in the key Marib province.

The forces took the town of Sirwah, said Colonel Ayed al-Moradi, a Yemeni military official. The UN had on Thursday announced that the Houthis, who still control Sana'a and much of central and northern Yemen, had accepted a Security Council resolution calling for an end to the conflict. The Yemen fighting has killed more than 4,000 people, leaving the Arab world's poorest country in the grip of a humanitarian crisis and on the brink of famine. Separately on Thursday, a prominent judge and a senior army officer were shot dead by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles in two separate incidents, security sources said. They added that Islamist militants were suspected of the killings.

Three bridegrooms among dozens dead in Yemen airstrike

 

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Both sides break cease-fire...

Scores dead in Yemeni clashes as ceasefire is ignored
Saturday 19th December, 2015 - Reports from Yemen say at least 75 people have been killed in fighting between government troops and rebels in the country's northwest.

Military sources say 28 troops were killed on Saturday near the town of Haradh, close to the Saudi border, while Shi'ite Huthi rebels say they lost 47 fighters. Another 40 pro-government troops and 50 Huthis were reported to have been wounded.

Haradh was overrun by forces loyal to the government earlier this week. Fighting has continued despite a UN-backed cease-fire and peace talks between Huthi and government delegates in Switzerland which began on December 17 and are due to end on December 20.

The conflict pits the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansur Hadi, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, against the Huthis and their allies.

Scores dead in Yemeni clashes as ceasefire is ignored

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UN announces end of Yemen peace talks amid new fighting
Dec 20,15 -- The United Nations says peace talks between warring sides in Yemen have ended amid severe new fighting in the country.

The U.N. office in Geneva says the special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, will hold a press conference later Sunday. The peace talks between pro-government fighters and Shiite rebels began Tuesday in the Swiss village of Macolin.

Fierce fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded northern Yemen on Saturday, as the two main parties in the country's conflict continued to violate a cease-fire. Clashes in Hajjah Province near the Saudi border between rebel-allied units and pro-government Yemeni forces have killed more than 75 people over the past three days, according to Yemeni security officials and witnesses said.

Yemen's fighting pits the internationally recognized government backed by a Saudi-led, U.S.-supported coalition against the rebels, known as Houthis, who are allied with a former president and backed by Iran. Local affiliates of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have exploited the chaos to grab land and exercise influence. According to U.N. figures, the war in Yemen has killed at least 5,884 people since March, when fighting escalated after the Saudi-led coalition began launching airstrikes targeting the rebels.

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