Details of temporary ceasefire in Yemen

According to Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy to Yemen, Ansar Allah and Mansour Hadi’s ousted government agreed to a UN proposal for a temporary ceasefire. This agreement will be effective from 7 pm on April 2 until June 2, 2020 and can be extended.

The details of this temporary ceasefire agreement are as follows:

1- According to this agreement, all ground, air and naval military operations inside and outside Yemen will be stopped.
2- 18 ships, including oil tankers, will arrive at Al-Hudaydah port within two months.
3- Sanaa Airport will have a total of 16 commercial flights with Jordan and Egypt during this period.
4- Exchange of all prisoners of war between the two sides, including foreign prisoners.

Coinciding with the implementation of the agreement, the United Nations has called on the Yemeni side to begin negotiations to reopen the blocked routes in Taiz, Marib, Al-Jawf and other provinces to facilitate the movement of civilians. If the ceasefire is successful, the Yemeni side can consider the next steps.

One day after the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, in the last 48 hours, 167 ceasefire violations in Al-Hudaydah province, 7 attacks on the fronts of Saada province, 2 attacks in Hajjah province, 2 attacks in Taiz province, 3 attacks in Al-Jawf And one case occurred in Al-Bayda province.
In the most prominent case of ceasefire violation, the Saudi coalition has killed three civilians in an artillery attack on Shada district in Saada province.
The Saudi-affiliated media have also claimed that Ansar Allah attacked the positions of the Saudi coalition forces on the Taiz and Al-Hudaydah fronts during the past hours.

Despite the ceasefire violation, the Cylinder Sapphire tanker, carrying diesel fuel, arrived in the port of Al-Hudaydah after a 88-day detention.

In general, the Saudi coalition and the Yemeni armed forces have supported the agreement and committed themselves to a ceasefire. Iran, the United States, Oman and other countries have also welcomed the ceasefire. But what threatens this agreement is its time limit.

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