As of: 08/02/2022 8:58 p.m
The arms in Yemen are to remain dormant for two more months – the parties to the conflict, mediated by the UN, have agreed on this. The agreement came about shortly after the end of the most recent ceasefire.
The parties to the conflict in Yemen have agreed to extend the ceasefire by a further two months. Under the current conditions, it will now apply until October 2, said the UN special representative for Yemen, Hans Grundberg – shortly after the end of the last ceasefire in the country. Both sides have also assured that they want to work together towards an even more far-reaching agreement.
A civil war has been raging in Yemen for more than seven years, plunging the poor country on the Arabian Peninsula into a humanitarian catastrophe. Saudi Arabia has been fighting there with allies since 2015 against the Houthi rebels, who control large parts of the north. Riyadh sees them as an extension of its nemesis Iran.
19 million people suffer from hunger
The UN and aid organizations are trying to provide for around 23 million people in the country, including 11 million children. About 19 million people do not have enough to eat.
The ceasefire came into effect for two months at the beginning of April and was then extended in June. There had been no ceasefire in the country since 2016. The number of civilians killed fell, as did the otherwise regular attacks by the Houthis across the border to Saudi Arabia with rockets and drones.
However, civilians continued to die from landmines, for example. The ACLED analysis project has counted 300 fatalities and 1,700 violations of the ceasefire since it began.