Adel al-Jubeir, the kingdom's foreign minister, said the truce would begin on Tuesday and will last five days, but he warned air strikes would resume if the rebels failed to live to the "agreement".
"The ceasefire will end should Houthis or their allies not live up to the agreement - this is a chance for the Houthis to show that they care about their people and they care about the Yemen people," Jubeir told a joint news conference in Paris with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Kerry said the ceasefire would take place "provided that the Houthis agree that there will be no bombing, no shooting, no movement of their troops or manoeuvring to reposition for military advantage [and] no movement of heavy weapons".
He stressed that the pause in hostilities was a "renewable commitment" that, if it held, "opens the door to possibility of an extension".
Kerry visited Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and met with Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi during a visit intended to push for a truce.
Hakim Almasmari, a journalist and analyst on Yemen, told Al Jazeera public opinion in the country was turning against the Houthis.
"There's rising public anger against the Houthis in Yemen because Saudi Arabia has shown willingness that it wants a ceasefire...the Houthis have not responded to this call or shown any positive reaction," he said.
Aid agencies have been struggling to deliver essential supplies to the victims of the fighting in Yemen, which began on March 26 when a coalition of Arab nations led by Saudi Arabia began bombing rebel positions.
The rebels swept into the Yemeni capital Sanaa in September and have since tried to expand their control across the country. In February, they stormed the presidential palace in Sanaa and put Hadi under house arrest before he fled to Saudi Arabia.
UNICEF has warned that fuel in Yemen may run out in less than a week, complaining that humanitarian access is being blocked by many parties to the conflict....Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
9/5/15
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Saudi-led strikes target Houthi leaders in Yemen...
ReplyDeleteThe Saudi-led coalition on Saturday continued to target the main command posts of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in their home region of Saada in Yemen, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.
The command center of Abd al-Baset al-Hadi, one of the Houthi leaders, was the latest target in the coalition’s campaign, which has turned retaliatory after the Yemeni militants’ assault on the Saudi border town of Najran.
The coalition also targeted a command center of another leader named Mehdi al-Mashat in Talah city in Saada and shelled a gathering of militants in the northwestern region, and Ibb province in central Yemen.
The coalition also struck Houthi armored vehicles and other military equipment in al-Baqa’ village in Saada.........alarabiya.net
9/5/15