YEMEN: Houthis ‘halting drone and missile strikes’
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they are halting drone and missile strikes on the Saudi-led military coalition after a request from the United Nations. The move comes after the coalition ordered a halt in its offensive on the key Yemeni port of Hudaydah. The UN is attempting to revive talks to end a three-year war which […]
FILE PHOTO: A police trooper stands guard as wounded Houthi fighters demonstrate outside the United Nations offices to demand for medical treatment abroad, in Sanaa, Yemen September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they are halting drone and missile strikes on the Saudi-led military coalition after a request from the United Nations.
The move comes after the coalition ordered a halt in its offensive on the key Yemeni port of Hudaydah.
The UN is attempting to revive talks to end a three-year war which has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
So far, the war has killed thousands and pushed millions more Yemenis to the brink of starvation.
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee, said the decision to halt the strikes was made “after our contacts with the UN envoy” Martin Griffiths.
The statement added the Houthis were ready to move towards a wider ceasefire if “the Saudi-led coalition wants peace”.