News – Yemen: International Committee of the Red Cross called on Friday for the truce in Yemen to be transformed into a permanent ceasefire and the war that has been going on for nearly eight years.

"Great news for the people of Yemen. Let's transform this truce in a permanent ceasefire," ICRC Regional Director for Near and Middle East Fabrizio Carboni said on Twitter.

"We are running out of time, and the people of this country are facing enormous challenges related to the climate crisis, and the dire consequences of many years of conflict," he added.

on Thursday, Grundberg announced that the Riyadh government and the Sanaa government had agreed to extend the armistice for an additional two months.

In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties. The truce meant to halt all military operations in the country and to bring the foreign military invasion to an end.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce "must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war," urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to "resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process."

The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

The Saudi-led aggression continues to violate the truce by detaining new fuel ships, despite their inspection and obtaining permits from the United Nations, insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport, as well as, the fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside. Shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl, including a failed advance carried out by mercenaries towards Army and Popular Committee sites south of Marib.