Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdel Salam announced the group's refusal to announce the Saudi-Emirati coalition for a two-week ceasefire, and accused the coalition of launching air strikes shortly after the announcement of the truce.
In a tweet posted on Twitter, Abdel Salam considered the coalition ceasefire announcement a mere fraud and misinformation to the world.
"If there was a serious orientation and a real will towards peace, the Security Council would have issued a clear decision to stop the absurd war and lift the unjust siege, not to be content with a meager statement in keeping with the coalition," he added.
Air and ground escalation by the coalition of aggression with the continuation of the blockade and the declared cease-fire are merely fraud and misleading to the world. The alliance. - Mohamed Abdel Salam (@abdusalamsalah) April 12, 2020 |
For his part, the Houthi military spokesman, Brigadier Yahya Sari, said in tweets on Twitter that the Saudi-Emirati coalition aircraft launched 12 air strikes during the past six hours on the governorates of Ma'rib and Al-Jawf.
He added that the Houthi forces managed to counter what he described as a massive creep towards the Rasha'a area in al-Baqa'a, near Najran, that lasted from morning until Sunday afternoon.
He added that the coalition forces incurred heavy casualties and equipment, in addition to a number of deaths and injuries among their ranks, including Saudis.
The Saudi-Emirati alliance announced the entry into force of a unilateral truce for two weeks starting from Thursday, and said that the truce is a response to the United Nations' call to stop the fighting in order to open the way for international efforts to prevent the spread of the Corona epidemic in Yemen, and to prepare the atmosphere for a possible settlement ending the war that has continued since more than five years.