{"id":27266,"date":"2018-12-28T22:22:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T22:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27266"},"modified":"2018-12-28T22:22:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T22:22:44","slug":"yemens-houthi-militia-continues-to-violate-hodeidah-ceasefire-arab-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27266","title":{"rendered":"Yemen&#8217;s Houthi militia continues to violate Hodeidah ceasefire: Arab coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1427191\/middle-east\" readability=\"49\">\n<p>\nJEDDAH: The Arab coalition fighting in support of the legitimate Yemeni government on Friday said that the Houthi militia had violated the cease-fire agreement 16 times over the last 24 hours.<br \/>The colaition said that this brings the total number of breaches to 190 since the start of the cease-fire.<br \/>A truce in the rebel-held city of Hodeidah and its surroundings went into effect on Dec. 18 and is part of a peace push seen as the best chance yet of ending four years of devastating conflict.<br \/>Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert is heading the joint committee, which includes both government officials and Houthi rebels, and chaired its first face-to-face meetings on Wednesday.<br \/>\u201cWe support the Yemeni army\u2019s commitment to the cease-fire and the Sweden deal,\u201d the coalition said in a statement.<br \/>However, earlier on Friday, the Houthi militia prevented the Yemeni government\u2019s delegation from leaving the port city of Hodeidah, after concluding consultations with a UN team tasked with monitoring the cease-fire between the legitimate Yemeni government and the Iranian-backed Houthi militia.<br \/>Meanwhile, a number of civilians, including children, were wounded in a public square in the center of the city of Taiz in a bombardment launched by the Houthi militia, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).<br \/>It cited local sources as saying the militia bombed the so-called Freedom Square while crowds of worshipers were preparing to perform Friday prayers.<br \/>Cammaert arrived in Hodeidah on Sunday from the rebel-held capital Sanaa, after meeting with government officials in Aden.<br \/>Yemen\u2019s warring sides agreed at peace talks in Sweden this month on the cease-fire to halt an offensive by government forces and the coalition against Hodeidah.<br \/>The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of observers to oversee the truce.<br \/>The UN monitoring team aims to secure the functioning of Hodeidah\u2019s port and supervise the withdrawal of fighters from the city.<br \/>The text approved by the Security Council \u201cinsists on the full respect by all parties of the cease-fire agreed\u201d for Hodeidah.<br \/>It authorizes the United Nations to \u201cestablish and deploy, for an initial period of 30 days from the adoption of this resolution, an advance team to begin monitoring\u201d the cease-fire, under Cammaert\u2019s leadership.<br \/><em>(With AFP)\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEDDAH: The Arab coalition fighting in support of the legitimate Yemeni government on Friday said that the Houthi militia had violated the cease-fire agreement 16 times over the last 24 hours.The colaition said that this brings the total number of breaches to 190 since the start of the cease-fire.A truce in the rebel-held city 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