Saudi-led coalition announced end of ceasefire in Yemen

Last updated: January 2, 2016 8:17 pm

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Yemen has seen a rise in violence as Houthi rebels entered the capital Sanaa (AFP File, Gamal Noman)

The Saudi-led coalition announced the end of the ceasefire that began on 15 December, which is considered a setback to peace efforts.

The ceasefire was agreed upon during UN backed talks between the two warring parties in Geneva.

The official Saudi news agency reported Saturday that “the coalition announced the end of the ceasefire as by Saturday 11:00 GMT”.

The statement cited the Houthi militia and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s troops’ continued bombardment of Saudi border cities and the prevention of humanitarian aid from reaching the Yemeni people as the reasons behind ending the ceasefire.

Both sides failed to reach an agreement in Geneva, but the talks will resume on 14 January.

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Ahmed Abbas is a journalist at DNE’s politics section. He previously worked as Egypt based reporter for Correspondents.org, and interned as a broadcast journalist at Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. Abbas is a fellow of Salzburg Academy of Media and Global Change. He holds a Master’s Degree of Journalism and New Media from Jordan Media Institute. He was awarded by the ICFJ for best public service reporting in 2013, and by the German foreign office for best feature in 2014.