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But the move will also ensure that territory remains out of the hands of the PYD, preventing Syria’s Kurds from joining up areas under their control into what could otherwise become a strip of Kurdish land running from the Iraqi border nearly to the Mediterranean.

Asseri, whose side has been conducting air raids on Houthis since March 26, said the first task was to secure Aden so the government could operate from there for the moment. The coalition also struck upper of the port-city of Aden.

However, ground fighting broke out nearly immediately in the restive city of Taiz following random shelling by Shiite Houthi rebels in three neighborhoods, they said.

Ground fighting erupted in multiple provinces within minutes of the start of the unilateral ceasefire late Sunday.

“The failure of Saudi Arabia and other coalition members to investigate apparently unlawful air strikes in Yemen demonstrates the need for the United Nations Human Rights Council to create a commission of inquiry”, it said.