UN envoy welcomes Yemen truce

The Saudi-led coalition supporting government forces in Yemen says it will respect a UN-backed ceasefire which begins today.  

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who are trying to overthrow the government have said they will also respect the truce.  

More than six thousand people have been killed and two million displaced in more than a year of fighting between the two sides.  

Negotiations on ending the conflict are due to be held later this month in Kuwait. 

The UN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Cheikh Ahmed, has welcomed the ceasefire, calling it critical, urgent and much needed.


SOURCE: BBC News