Yemeni Houthi Rebels Express Readiness For Ceasefire With Saudi-Led Coalition

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th November, 2018) The Yemeni Houthi rebels said on Monday that they are ready to declare ceasefire with the Saudi-led coalition and peaceful settlement of the crisis, the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee said in a statement, obtained by Sputnik.

"We declare our initiative to call on the official Yemeni authorities [of the Ansar Allah movement] to stop launching rockets and drones against the aggressor states of the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their� Yemeni allies, in order to deprive them of any excuses to continue the aggression or blockade, [we] are ready to freeze and stop military operations on all fronts and come to a fair peace," the statement read.

�In September, the United Nations attempted to hold peace talks between the warring parties in Geneva but the Houthi side said that they were prevented from leaving Yemen, allegations the Saudi-led coalition denied.

Yemen has been gripped by a civil war between President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's government and the Shiite Houthi movement since 2015. The government is backed by the Saudi-led coalition that has been carrying out airstrikes that target areas controlled by the Houthis since March 2015.