The Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes Sunday on Yemen hours after Huthi rebels announced a three-day truce, with the UN chief condemning a surge in violence as the war enters its eighth year.
Highlights
- The Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes Sunday on Yemen hours after Huthi rebels announced a three-day truce.
- The raids targeted Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, according to Saudi Arabia’s Al Ekhbariya TV.
- The attacks began shortly after the Iran-backed Huthis announced a truce and offered peace talks on condition that the Saudis stop their air strikes and blockade of Yemen and remove “foreign forces” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the sudden rise in hostilities.
- Eight civilians, including five children and two women, were reportedly killed in retaliatory strikes on Sanaa following Friday’s rebel attacks.