United Nations: On the fifth day of the two-month ceasefire, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg expressed worry about hostile military operations in the country's oil-rich region of Marib.
The UN envoy provided an update on the status of the April 2 cease-fire in a statement, noting that he has noticed a "substantial reduction in violence," but that there have been reports of hostile military actions, particularly around Marib.
Grundberg said, the UN has established a coordination framework with parties in order to preserve open lines of communication. He did emphasise, however, that the UN is not responsible for monitoring the ceasefire and that it is "squarely" up to the warring parties in Yemen to keep it in place. The envoy stressed that the cease-fire is a significant but "fragile" move, asking all parties to make the most of it and strive for a long-term peace agreement.
Since the truce began, the Yemeni government and the Houthi militia have traded charges of violating it.
Yemen has been engulfed in civil war since late 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern districts and drove President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's Saudi-backed administration out of Sanaa.
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