Efforts to turn the armistice in Yemen into a lasting peace

Hans Grundberg

Yemeni diplomatic sources reported that the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, is seeking to expand the truce, which was extended by an additional two months early this month, to be a continuous truce that paves the way for the start of a sustainable peace dialogue in Yemen.

The sources indicated that the UN envoy called on the Yemeni parties to start extensive consultations to reach a lasting peace, and to abandon the causes that hinder the implementation of previous agreements, especially opening roads, releasing prisoners, and disbursing salaries.

The sources pointed out that international and international efforts to achieve peace in Yemen clash with the intransigence of the Houthi militia.

Meanwhile, during the past few hours, the Houthi militia launched the largest attack on the city of Ma'rib from the southern side, and field sources stated that the Houthi attack focused on the "Al-Ayraf, Al-Akd, and Al-Faliha" fronts in the eastern Al-Balaq vicinity.

The sources indicated that the attack was thwarted by the Yemeni army and the resistance, and the militias suffered heavy losses in the ranks of their fighters and their combat equipment.

The Yemeni army announced that it had monitored 501 Houthi violations of the armistice in eight governorates during the past two days, which led to the killing and wounding of 32 Yemeni soldiers by Houthi fire.

On the western coast of Yemen, the militias escalated their violations of the armistice and made infiltration attempts towards the joint forces' positions on the fronts south of Hodeidah and west of Taiz.

The military media of the joint forces reported that the monitoring units documented more than 102 Houthi violations of the armistice in the Hays and Al-Barah axes, including attempts to infiltrate and create sites on the outskirts of Moqbel and Jabal Ras.

In Ibb, the militias kidnapped three activists and transferred them to one of its secret prisons in the governorate, against the background of their anti-government views.

In Sana'a, the confrontations between tribes and Houthi militias continued in the Bani Hashish district in the east of the capital for the fourth consecutive day, centered in the "Sarf" area, where the militias bombed the homes and farms of the tribes with heavy weapons.

Tribal sources stated that the militias failed to force the tribes to give up their land in "Sarf" of the Bani Hashish district, in favor of Houthi elements from Saada governorate, despite their use of heavy weapons to target farms and the irrigation system in the area.

The residents of Sanaa accused the Houthi militia of causing their suffering as a result of the torrential rains in the city during the past few hours, which caused extensive damage to homes, shops and roads.

Local sources stated that the Houthis' fortifications in the city diverted the course of torrents towards residential areas in many neighborhoods, which caused the demolition of houses in the old Sana'a, and the flooding of shops in the areas of "Hael Street, Al Rabet and Tahrir Street", and the wall of Sana'a University was demolished, while the torrents surrounded the neighborhood. Al-Jifinat" in the "Shamlan" area northwest of the capital.

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