Local and other Yemeni military sources in Al-Jawf confirmed that the Houthi militia, an hour after the ceasefire announced by the Arab coalition, went on to shell army positions in Khob and Al-Sha`f with missiles, while moving ballistic missiles from the Bani Hushaish district in the north of the capital, Sana'a, towards the Arhab district. Meanwhile, the official spokesman for the Al-Jawf Axis, Rabie Al-Qurashi, conveyed the assurances of the commander of the Sixth Military District in charge, Major General Amin Al-Waeli, to continue achieving the liberation steps in Al-Jouf.
The Houthi breach comes after the truce and the ceasefire in Yemen, which was declared by the Arab Alliance to Support Legitimacy for a period of two weeks, started in mid-day yesterday, amid widespread welcome from the United Nations and the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States.
The Arab coalition announced, on Wednesday evening, a two-week military truce in Yemen, beginning Thursday noon.
The spokesman for the forces of the Shari'a Support Coalition in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, said that the leadership of the joint forces of the coalition, and based on its previous announcement on (the first of Shaaban 1441 AH / 25 March 2020 AD) to support and support the Yemeni government’s decisions to accept the invitation of the Secretary-General The United Nations has a ceasefire in Yemen to confront the consequences of the spread of the Corona virus, and the invitation of the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, to stop the fire and reduce the escalation, and to take practical steps to build confidence between the parties on the humanitarian and economic sides, and for the seriousness and desire of the coalition to Create conditions The occasion to conclude and succeed the efforts of the UN envoy to Yemen, and to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Yemeni people, and work to confront the Corona pandemic and prevent it from spreading, the coalition announces a comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen for a period of two weeks, starting from Thursday, subject to extension, with the aim of creating appropriate conditions for implementation Invite the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Yemen to hold a meeting between the legitimate government and the Houthis, and a military team from the coalition under the supervision of the UN envoy, to discuss his proposals on steps and mechanisms to implement a permanent ceasefire in Yemen, steps to build human and economic confidence, and resume work Political parties between the Yemeni parties, to reach consultations between the Yemeni brothers to reach a comprehensive political solution in Yemen.
Colonel Al-Maliki added that the Joint Forces Command leads an opportunity to join all efforts to reach a comprehensive and lasting cease-fire in Yemen, in order to reach a comprehensive and just political solution agreed upon by the Yemenis.
For his part, Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, confirmed yesterday that the cease-fire in Yemen reflects Saudi Arabia's pursuit of stability in the region, indicating that it is the opportunity of the Houthis to show that they are not an instrument in the hands of Iran.
He indicated in a series of tweets on his Twitter account that Saudi Arabia would contribute $ 500 million to an international humanitarian plan in Yemen.
For its part, the Gulf Cooperation Council welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire alliance in Yemen. The official website of the council on Twitter stated that the Secretary-General, Nayef Al-Hajraf, welcomed the announcement of the leadership of the joint forces of the Alliance to Support Legitimacy in Yemen for a two-week extension of the fire in Yemen.
The Secretary-General expressed his hope that this announcement would contribute to creating the appropriate conditions for the implementation of the invitation of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Yemen to hold a meeting between the legitimate government and the Houthis.
For his part, the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, welcomed the announcement of the Arab coalition to support Yemeni legitimacy of a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen.
Guterres said in a statement that the decision could help boost efforts toward peace and the country's response to combat the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
Griffiths welcomed the announcement by the Alliance Joint Forces Command of a two-week ceasefire, which includes all land, sea and air military operations in Yemen.
The Yemeni Minister of Information, Muammar Al-Iryani, questioned the Houthis ’seriousness in the ceasefire and the exploitation of the coalition’s declaration, indicating that the militias stepped up hours after the Alliance to Support Legitimacy declared a comprehensive ceasefire, which confirms the Houthis’ lack of peace in peace.
Al-Iryani added, in tweets on Twitter, that the Houthi militias were responding to calls by the Sharia Support Coalition to stop the fire by firing a missile that targeted residential neighborhoods in the city of Marib, bombing the liberated areas of Al-Hodeidah city, and pushing their elements in a desperate attempt to regain control of the camp of the building blocks east of Al-Jawf.