Yemen..Western diplomatic movement following the militias' rejection of the truce proposals

The international diplomatic movement intensified during the past two days in order to strengthen the UN armistice that was extended for two months in Yemen, while the Houthi militias continued their reluctance to respond to the UN envoy’s proposal to open the roads of Taiz and other governorates, and continued their combat escalation on the fronts.

Yemeni diplomatic sources said that the US envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, will arrive within two days in the Omani capital, Muscat, at the start of a new round of consultations with the concerned parties on the implementation of the armistice provisions in order to strengthen the armistice.

And push the peace process in Yemen towards other tracks.

This comes in conjunction with consultations held by the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, with European and Yemeni officials on the sidelines of the Stockholm Forum, to find solutions to the obstacles that prevent the continued implementation of the provisions of the armistice, and to find opportunities to achieve peace, find solutions and a permanent solution and stop the war in Yemen.

The UN envoy to Yemen had urged the Houthis to accept his proposal to reopen roads leading to the besieged city of Taiz for years, as the militias' refusal to implement the terms of the armistice regarding roads and crossings constitutes an obstacle to moving towards other peace tracks in Yemen.

The UN envoy also called on Yemeni leaders to make concessions to reach a comprehensive political process.

 In addition, informed Yemeni sources stated that the militias succeeded in dividing the negotiation files without committing to any of them, and were able to achieve several gains from the ceasefire process and the declaration of the UN armistice since its first stage last April.

The sources indicated that the talk about international pressures on the Houthis regarding the implementation of the terms of the armistice with regard to opening roads and crossings and accepting the proposal of the UN envoy in this regard, has been less attributed during the past few days, which is a new indication about the Houthis' failure to deviate from peace or accept any truce initiatives.

She explained that the international community was unable to condemn the Houthi violations and abuses, which began with the beginning of the truce, and left many dead on both the civilian and military sides.

In addition, field sources warned of the Houthis’ continued violations of the armistice and their continued bombing and targeting of civilian and military areas on different fronts, especially in Marib and Taiz, noting that the Houthis’ continued violations would push the Yemeni Presidential Command Council to switch from a peace council to a war council.

The sources called on the army and resistance forces to prepare for the decisive battle against the militias if they continued their intransigence and rejection of UN solutions and proposals regarding opening roads and crossings in Taiz and other governorates and moving to advanced peace stages.

The media center of the Yemeni army announced that four soldiers were killed and 17 others were injured as a result of the Houthi militia's violations during the past three days, noting that the militias committed 288 violations of the armistice during the three days in 6 Yemeni governorates.

For its part, the joint Yemeni forces on the western coast announced that they had detected 52 violations of the armistice committed by the Houthi militia on the western coast fronts during the past 24 hours only.

It reported that the militia's violations were concentrated in the axis south of Hodeidah and west of Taiz, and included the firing of three missiles from drones towards military sites south of Tuhayta without achieving any goal.

In Al-Jawf, local sources reported the death of three Houthis as a result of Houthi-Houthi confrontations, following a dispute over financial gains, oil and gas trade, and the acquisition of roads linking the governorate's directorates.

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