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The fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi has reportedly agreed on Monday to a 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen.
According to reports, Hadi announced that the truce could be extended.
The announcement comes after Riyadh expressed its readiness for a truce. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said earlier that his country would halt its aggression against Yemen if the Houthi Ansarullah movement agreed to a ceasefire.
Both Great Britain and the US called on Sunday for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
In one of the deadliest attacks in the impoverished country, Saudi warplanes bombarded a funeral hall packed with mourners in Sana’a on October 8, killing over 140 people and injuring at least 525 others.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
