DOHA, April 15 – RIA Novosti, Yulia Troitskaya. The parties to the conflict in Yemen continue fierce armed confrontation, despite the declared pandemic COVID-19 a truce, but Saudi Arabia is moving towards termination of participation in the military conflict in Yemen against the rebels of the movement “Ansar Allah” (Houthis), said RIA Novosti expert on the Yemeni issue, Najib al-Yafi.
“Saudi Arabia is moving towards termination of participation in the war against the Houthis on the side of President Abd rabbu Mansour Hadi in Yemen, which continues for more than five years, but the Houthis, put forward a wider range of conditions for the conclusion of peace, and the negotiations between them on this issue continued, they did not stop,” – said al-Yafi.
At the same time, as noted by the expert, both sides did not stick to the declared Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia a two-week truce.
on Tuesday, the government of Saudi Arabia to the weekly meeting, said that the ceasefire in Yemen, introduced two weeks on April 9 in response to the call for the UN at the time of a pandemic of mers may be extended. The ruling in Northern Yemen rebels from the movement “Ansar Allah” (Houthis) due to the suspension of fire in connection with the pandemic coronavirus proposed the initiative to end the war in Yemen, which provides for full and final cessation of hostilities, land, sea and air military operations.
“a Truce, which was of the units of the national army on the side of President Abd rabbu Mansour Hadi, lasted only a few hours after its introduction, but was terminated after the growing offensive by the Houthis. Now the opposition is fierce on all fronts: the Houthis are advancing to the East of Marib, in the area of the Marib al-Bayda and Taiz in the South, to fire rockets into the city of Marib. In turn, the Arab coalition did not stop sorties and air strikes on Northern Yemen, so the situation with a possible agreement on the world remains unclear,” – said the expert.
Active hostilities began in Yemen between Houthis and supporters of President Abd rabbu Mansour Hadi, supported by the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, in 2015. At the end of 2018 Yemeni parties signed the armistice agreement, which provided for the withdrawal of forces from the occupied positions, but it is not enforced.
