Yemen five-day humanitarian truce set to start on Tuesday
- 9 years ago
Houthi fighters in Yemen have accepted a five-day cease fire but warned they would respond to any violations.
Saudi Arabia proposed the truce after US Secretary of State John Kerry appealed for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid into the battle-weary country.
Loud explosions were heard on Sunday morning as Saudi-led forces conducted air raids
targeting the home of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, loyal to the Iran-allied Houthis.
Other strikes targeted Sanaa airport’s runway, a Yemini official there said, and Houthi targets in the Sadda district of Ibb in central Yemen, residents there said.
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Families now live in the open air in Abs district of Hajjah governorate, Yemen, after fleeing because of the conflict pic.twitter.com/qGAplX31Vk— UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) May 9, 2015
Breach of humanitarian law, says UN
Meanwhile the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen said Saudi-led airstrikes on Saada city, where many
Saudi Arabia proposed the truce after US Secretary of State John Kerry appealed for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid into the battle-weary country.
Loud explosions were heard on Sunday morning as Saudi-led forces conducted air raids
targeting the home of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, loyal to the Iran-allied Houthis.
Other strikes targeted Sanaa airport’s runway, a Yemini official there said, and Houthi targets in the Sadda district of Ibb in central Yemen, residents there said.
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Families now live in the open air in Abs district of Hajjah governorate, Yemen, after fleeing because of the conflict pic.twitter.com/qGAplX31Vk— UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) May 9, 2015
Breach of humanitarian law, says UN
Meanwhile the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen said Saudi-led airstrikes on Saada city, where many