The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced the start of an aerial bombardment of military targets in Sanaa, while the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, stressed the difficulty of launching a peace process in Yemen.

At midnight on Wednesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported the start of an aerial bombardment of "legitimate military targets" in Sanaa, adding that "hostile attempts to target civilians require a continuous operation to neutralize the threat."

The agency pointed out that "the operation is in line with international humanitarian law and its customary rules."

For its part, Houthi media reported that the coalition warplanes carried out two raids on the Al-Hafa area in the Al-Sabeen district, east of Sanaa.

And earlier on Tuesday, the coalition announced the destruction of 4 drones in Yemeni airspace.

On Monday evening, Saudi TV reported that the coalition had carried out 28 targeting of Houthi sites in Marib and Al-Jawf, killing 140 Houthi militants, in addition to destroying many vehicles.

On Sunday, the coalition announced that 215 Houthis had been killed in Ma'rib governorate, as a result of 35 targeting operations, while battles continued between the army and the Houthis in the province.


complex task

During a briefing to the UN Security Council on Tuesday evening, the UN envoy to Yemen made it clear that launching a political process in Yemen is a "complex task" in light of the widening gap between the parties to the conflict, the economic crisis and the acceleration of military operations.

Grundberg added, during a consultation session on the situation in Yemen, that he felt frustration over the failure of previous United Nations attempts to resolve the crisis.

He expressed his conviction of the need for a comprehensive approach, based on his discussions with Yemenis and others during the past three months, stressing the need to address immediate needs and priorities in the context of a process moving towards a comprehensive political settlement.

Grundberg indicated that the solution would not be sustainable if it did not represent the interests of Yemenis of all kinds, whether participating in the fighting or not.

# Yemen


UN envoy Hans Grundberg stresses the

need to

hold a

comprehensive political process that is

owned by

Yemenis and supported by the

international community, pointing out

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just and lasting peace, not just the

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-Details of his briefing before the Security Council 👇 https://t.co/tEcqt4VHpW

— United Nations News (@UNNewsArabic) December 14, 2021

The UN envoy expressed his concern over the continued attacks on Marib, the difficulty of humanitarian aid access and the collapse of the currency, and warned that the current military escalation would lead to more bloody chapters in the years-long conflict.

On Monday, Grundberg announced that he had held talks with Omani and Yemeni officials and a leader of the Houthi group in Muscat, to discuss holding a political dialogue with the aim of reaching a solution to the Yemen crisis.

The Sultanate of Oman enjoys good relations with the various parties to the Yemeni conflict, which has made the international and local community rely on it to mediate a solution to the country's crisis, according to observers.

Yemen has been witnessing for nearly 7 years a continuous war between pro-government forces backed by an Arab military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, and the Iranian-backed Houthis, who have controlled several governorates, including Sanaa, since September 2014.