Yemeni president agrees to 72-hour ceasefire, foreign minister says
SANAA - Yemen@@@s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire with the possibility of it being extended, Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi said on his official Twitter account on Monday."The President agreed to a 72 hrs ceasefire to be extended if the other party adheres to it, activates the DCC (De-escalation and Coordination Committee) and lifts the siege of Taiz," he said.The DCC is the United Nations-backed military commission responsible for overseeing ceasefires in Yemen.Yemen@@@s information minister tweeted that Hadi would meet with the U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on Thursday to determine a start date for the truce.Hadi@@@s exiled government has been requesting humanitarian access for Taiz, a divided city largely encircled by the Houthi rebels who overran Yemen@@@s capital Sanaa in 2014. Government forces maintain control of only one of four access routes.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AM
