Saudi-Led Coalition Announces Five-Day Ceasefire in Yemen

“It just shows what is the trend now of the air strikes from the coalition”, said Hassan Boucenine of the Geneva-based Doctors Without Borders.

The Arab Daily News, however, was unable to reach pentagon officials to comment on this story at the time of publishing. The Iranian-allied Houthi movement accuses its Saudi-supported foes of being in cahoots with Islamist militants like al Qaeda, something the coalition denies.

It is not clear why the workers’ housing was hit.

Yemenis say Abdul-Khaliq al-Houthi, a brother of Houthi leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, played an important role in the militia’s capture of Sanaa in September. They returned hours later following the arrival of military reinforcements and wrested control of a large portion of the town, security officials said.

All authorities talked on problem of privacy because they weren’t licensed to speak to reporters. The Sunni-dominated Saudis have led a coalition in strikes against Houthi rebels and other groups.

Houthi rebels are also criticized by communities for producing civilian deaths.

The officials said five pro-government fighters were killed and 15 wounded in the battle.

Casualties are expected to rise.

The frontlines of Yemen’s war shifted in favour of the Gulf states which support the exiled president earlier this month when, in coordination with forces loyal to Mr Hadi, they managed to drive the Houthis out of the southern port city of Aden and much of the surrounding areas.

The affirmation, Wednesday, continued Saudi state marketing, said the pause came to Saudi Salman by Hadi because of this of the demand.

On Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition announced a five-day humanitarian truce with the Shiite Houthi group as of Sunday midnight, reported by Saudi Press Agency.

Two previous humanitarian truces in Yemen did not hold.

Yemen’s Huthi rebels pounded an area in the southern province of Taez shortly after the start early today of a humanitarian truce declared by the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran-backed insurgents.

Thousands have been killed and many more are desperately in need of urgent aid. “More than 100 days into the crisis, severe shortages of water, food and fuel continue across the country, together with airstrikes and fighting on the ground”, said Antoine Grand, head of the Red Cross delegation in Yemen.

SANAA A truce appeared to be holding on Monday in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, the target of near-nightly air raids during a fourth-month-old war, with residents saying the city had passed a quiet night.