News - Yemen: The US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries committed 171 violations of the UN-sponsored humanitarian and military truce, during the past 24 hours.

According to Saba news agency, a military source explained that the aggression’s violations included the flying of 52 spy drones over the governorates of Ma’rib, Taiz, Hajjah, Al-Jawf, Sa’adah, Al-Dhale'e, Hodeidah, Al-Baidha'a and the border fronts.

The source confirmed that the US-Saudi mercenaries launched two raids on civilians' houses in Taiz and Marib governorates, in addition to developing new military fortifications in Jizan, Najran, Marib, Taiz and Hodeidah governorate.

The source indicated that nine violations were monitored as the US-Saudi mercenaries fired artillery shells on the sites of the Yemeni Army and the Popular Committees, in Ma'rib, Sa'adah, Jizan, Najran and Hajjah Governorate.

The source stated that the mercenaries committed 88 breaches by firing on the homes of citizens and the sites of the army and the popular committees in the governorates of Ma'rib, Taiz, Hajjah, Sa’adah, Al-Dhale'e, Hodeidah and the border frontlines.

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.