ABU DHABI - A spokesperson for the Yemeni army allied with Houthi fighters said on Sunday that Yemen accepted a five-day truce proposed by Saudi Arabia. 'We announce our acceptance of the humanitarian ceasefire that will begin on Tuesday,' Colonel Sharaf Luqman said in a statement on Yemen's Saba news agency. Luqman said the army would respond to any break of the ceasefire by al-Qaida or those allied to them.
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)