CAIRO, 16 Jan – RIA Novosti. The Arab coalition launched a series of airstrikes on rebel controlled from the movement “Ansar Allah” (Houthis), the capital of Yemen Sana’a and its surrounding areas, said RIA Novosti Yemeni military source.
According to the source, the coalition air force struck a total of nine strikes on the areas and suburbs of Sana’a and the Houthis.
the Arab coalition, in turn, has accused the Houthis of 547 violations of the ceasefire announced by the coalition on April 9.
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.
an Expert on the Yemeni issue, Najib al-Yafi, said RIA Novosti that the sides of conflict in Yemen continue fierce armed confrontation, despite the declared truce, but Saudi Arabia is moving towards termination of participation in the military conflict in Yemen against the Huthis.
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.
