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The spokesman for the Yemeni army Brig. Gen. Sharaf Luqman said on Monday that the US-backed Saudi-led coalition has breached the ceasefire 114 times in several Yemeni provinces.
He said Saudi forces had launched airstrikes against various Yemeni provinces including Sana’a, Jawf, Taiz and Sa’ada, adding that in some of the attacks internationally-banned weapons were used during the two-day truce.
The breaches, Luqman said, also made through Saudi artillery and missile intensively shelling on the border districts and villages. The Saudi, in the same time, mobilized their mercenaries to the front lines.
The Yemeni general added the coalition forces’ attempts to advance to the Red Sea coastal city of Medi were covered by air strikes and continuous hovering of Saudi fighter jets.
Luqman affirmed "the army and popular forces will reserve all rights to respond to any breaches and violations by the enemies against our citizens, vital facilities, and infrastructure."
The spokesmen warned that the continuous violation of the truce will threaten the peace negotiations and Muscat`s agreement.
Saudi Arabia said it had decided to begin a 48-hour ceasefire from 12:00 noon in Yemen’s timing (0900 GMT) on Saturday.
The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the naval and air "blockade" would, however, remain in place and surveillance jets would continue to fly over Yemen.
The announcement followed a request for a ceasefire by Yemen’s former fugitive president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi -- himself based in Riyadh -- to Saudi King Salman, a Saudi statement said.
On Monday, Saudi military spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri said the ceasefire ended at midday and will not be renewed.
Saudi Arabia has been leading an offensive against Yemen since March 2015 in a bid to crush the Houthi Ansarullah. The war has left at least 11,400 civilians dead, according to a latest tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.
The US has also been providing logistic and surveillance support to the kingdom in the bloody military campaign.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
