Negative indicators of the Houthis threaten to blow up the truce in Yemen

A source in the Yemeni government revealed negative indications from the Houthi militia regarding the approval of opening roads in Taiz and other governorates, according to the proposal of the UN Special Envoy to Yemen in this regard.

The source said: "The militias showed great evasiveness with the UN envoy during his recent visit to Sana'a, as they agreed to new understandings regarding his proposal to open roads in Taiz and other governorates, and after leaving Sana'a, they repudiated those pledges, and refused to implement the UN proposal and the truce clauses related to the crossings. and roads."

The source pointed out that the militia's evasion constitutes a clear threat to the armistice, which was extended for two additional months early this month, and may undermine all international, international and regional efforts in this regard, and return matters to the square of confrontations and military resolution.

The source called on the international community to put great pressure on the Houthis and their supporters to accept the proposal of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and to implement the terms of the armistice in full.

The government source considered the militias' rejection of the UN envoy's proposal to open Taiz roads as a "living example" of their rejection of any upcoming peace operations that would end the war in the country, as they showed all this intransigence about opening a road, so how will they accept peace and a settlement that ends their coup?

Yemeni observers believe that the recent data indicate that the militias exploited the truce to organize their ranks and achieve financial and strategic gains, and their elusiveness regarding the roads of Taiz, behind which they want to ease international pressure on them.

The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, had indicated a state of frustration at the possibility of achieving peace with the Houthi militia, which devoted its efforts and platforms to mobilization and death, not life, as he put it.

Al-Alimi said in a speech to the Arab League in Cairo today, Sunday, that the UN envoy, Hans Grundberg, was unable to convince the militia leaders to implement their pledges to lift the siege on Taiz and other provinces.

Al-Alimi confirmed that the government has fulfilled its promises to operate commercial flights between Sanaa, Amman and Cairo, "while the roads of Taiz and other governorates are still under the Houthi siege."

He added, "I am looking forward to an active role for the Arab League in order to open the crossings of Taiz and other cities and save the tanker Safer from collapse."

Al-Alimi expressed his hope for an initiative by the League to arrange an Arab and international meeting for the reconstruction of Yemen in coordination with the Coalition to Support Legitimacy and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Meanwhile, the Houthi militias continued to push more combat reinforcements to the fronts of Taiz, in light of the stalled consultations to open the city's roads, which have been besieged for more than seven years by the Houthis.

Field sources said that the militias sent hundreds of fighters, reinforced with various weapons, to the eastern, northern and western fronts of Taiz, noting that the Houthis have mobilized for a week in their areas of control and pushed them to Taiz.

According to the sources, armored vehicles, tanks and Katyusha rocket launchers were seen arriving from Ibb governorate to the Al-Hawban area, east of Taiz, and others crossing Al-Sitteen Street towards the northern and western fronts, in a development that predicts upcoming battles for which the militias are preparing.

In Marib, the militias escalated their bombardment of army and resistance positions on the fronts south and west of the governorate during the past hours, using heavy and medium weapons.

The militias also rose on the fronts south of Hodeidah and west of Taiz, and missiles bombed residential villages in the districts of "Hais and Jabal Ras" south of Hodeidah, and others in Shamir, Maqbna and Al-Kadha, west of Taiz, where 29 Houthi violations were monitored on those fronts during the past hours.

The escalation of the militias prompted the Yemeni army leadership to hold an expanded meeting headed by the Chief of the General Staff, the Commander of Joint Operations, Lieutenant-General Saghir bin Aziz, with the heads of the Ministry of Defense bodies and the leaders of the third, sixth and seventh military regions, to discuss options available to confront Houthi intransigence regarding the implementation of the provisions of the armistice, and the high index of Combat violations on the battle fronts.

At the meeting, the Chief of Staff called on the United Nations to play the role entrusted to it in obligating the Houthi militias to implement their commitments, make the truce a tangible reality, and prevent the Houthis from thwarting it with a combat escalation.

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