Monday, July 27, 2015

Yemen's Five-Day Ceasefire Plan Fails To Take Hold. Fighting Reported Throughout The Country



Reuters: Houthis, foes fight on as Yemen ceasefire quickly unravels

Yemen's Houthi group carried on fighting across Yemen on Monday despite a ceasefire announcement by its Saudi-led foes, and media controlled by the Iran-allied movement acknowledged that its forces had shelled targets inside Saudi Arabia.

The violence prolongs a four-month-old conflict rooted in political strains that spread across the Arabian Peninsula country last year, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and pushed aside President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a U.S. ally.

This angered the Sunni Muslim-ruled Gulf Arab states led by Riyadh, which regards the once obscure Houthis, who hail from Yemen's northern highlands, as terrorists.

More News On The War In Yemen

Shelling and gunfire reported in Yemen, despite truce -- Deutsche Welle
Yemen clashes reported despite truce -- Al Jazeera
Yemen airstrikes resume; 15 allied fighters killed despite humanitarian pause -- AP
Another Yemen Cease-Fire Breaks Down Amid Clashes, Airstrikes -- Bloomberg
Fighting Continues in Yemen Despite Truce -- VOA
Yemen crisis: Shelling, airstrikes mar humanitarian ceasefire -- CNN
Top UN relief official in Yemen warns of conflict’s ‘catastrophic’ consequences; urges humanitarian access -- UN News Centre
U.N. hopes to boost aid to Aden as Yemen frontline moves north -- Reuters

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