NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Despite some optimism for new talks, antagonists in Yemen's five-year-old war have basically ignored a Saudi-led unilateral ceasefire announced a week ago, UN officials said on Thursday (April 16), warning that relief money for Yemen is running out just as the coronavirus has invaded.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - Despite some optimism for new talks, antagonists in Yemen's five-year-old war have basically ignored a Saudi-led unilateral ceasefire announced a week ago, UN officials said on Thursday , warning that relief money for Yemen is running out just as the coronavirus has invaded.
The officials spoke one week after a Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the Houthi rebels in Yemen since 2015 announced that it was halting military attacks for two weeks. But the Houthis, who are backed by Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran, have shown little intent to stop fighting, despite laying out their own proposals for stopping the war.
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