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Clashes erupted on Tuesday morning in Yemen just minutes after a ceasefire deal took effect in the country's flashpoint port city of Hodeida, a pro-regime official said.
The official told AFP that sporadic clashes in the east of the Red Sea city - whose port serves as a crucial gateway for humanitarian aid - are ongoing despite a truce deal that was to be implemented at midnight local time.
The United Nations said on Monday that the deal was to be implemented at midnight, even though the agreement reached in Sweden was announced on Thursday between the Saudi-backed resigned Yemeni regime and the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The agreement had included an "immediate ceasefire" in Hodeida and its surroundings.
Impoverished Yemen has been mired in fighting between the Houthi revolutionaries and troops loyal to former President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi since 2014.
The war escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition stepped in on the regime's side to forcefully bring it back to power.
The conflict has since killed nearly 10,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. But some rights groups believe the toll to be far higher.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
