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Yemen's Houthis offers border truce with Saudi Arabia in return for airstrikes halt

Xinhua, September 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Shiite Houthi group and its ally of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's party have proposed a truce on the Saudi border, in return for a halt in Saudi-led airstrikes and an end to all-out blockade against Yemen, Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported on Monday.

"Cessation of air, land and sea military operations by Saudi Arabia, as well as lifting all-out blockade on Yemen, is a prerequisite for stopping the (Houthi) war on the (Saudi) border," Houthi's top official Saleh al-Sammad said.

Saudi Arabia has been leading a mostly Arab military coalition against Houthis and Saleh's loyalists since March 2015 at the request of Yemen's internationally-recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The Houthis, backed by Saleh's loyal forces, took over the capital Sanaa and half of the country's north in September 2014, forcing Hadi and his government into exile.

Previous peace talks brokered by the United Nations have collapsed. There were new attempts to resume negotiations.

Saudi-led airstrikes and fighting on the ground have since killed over 10,000 Yemenis, mostly civilians, and displaced about 3 million others, according to UN reports. Endit