A 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire brokered by the United Nations went into effect on Wednesday midnight, but many Yemeni residents reported airstrikes in some war-torn areas.
Yemeni residents told Xinhua that there was no sign that the cease-fire was holding as many breaches were reported minutes after truce took effect in Taiz province, Marib province and other provinces.
In the besieged city of Taiz, residents said armed clashes and heavy shelling were heard across the city.
The United Nations special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said earlier in a statement that he "has received assurances from all Yemeni parties" that they will abide by the cessation of hostilities he negotiated in April.
Many previous cease-fires collapsed just minutes after going into effect and failed to allow humanitarian workers to deliver badly needed aid and pave the way for peace talks.
[china.org.cn]
20/10/16
Yemeni residents told Xinhua that there was no sign that the cease-fire was holding as many breaches were reported minutes after truce took effect in Taiz province, Marib province and other provinces.
In the besieged city of Taiz, residents said armed clashes and heavy shelling were heard across the city.
The United Nations special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said earlier in a statement that he "has received assurances from all Yemeni parties" that they will abide by the cessation of hostilities he negotiated in April.
Many previous cease-fires collapsed just minutes after going into effect and failed to allow humanitarian workers to deliver badly needed aid and pave the way for peace talks.
[china.org.cn]
20/10/16
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