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Combat rages in Yemen as UN seeks to extend 72-hour ceasefire

SANAA -- Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen accused each other of violating a three-day ceasefire on Saturday as the United Nations sought to quell persistent fighting by extending the truce.

 

The ceasefire, which was due to end at midnight local time on Saturday, was aimed at paving the way for talks to end a 19-month war in the Arab world's poorest country and allowing badly needed aid to be delivered.

 

Ground fighting has raged largely unabated despite the truce, but air attacks on the capital, Sanaa, have stopped and there were fewer Houthi missile strikes on Saudi Arabia, residents and local officials said.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.22.16, 13:52