Griffith arrives in Sana'a following the Houthi escalation in Hodeidah

English - Sunday 27 October 2019 الساعة 04:33 pm

UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths arrived in Sanaa on Sunday for a brief visit to meet with Houthi militia leaders.

 The visit comes a few hours after a military source in the joint forces announced that the Houthi militia continued to violate the truce in Hodeidah and not to abide by the ceasefire agreement.

Houthi militias have committed 125 breaches of the UN truce since the installation of Hodeidah liaison points in western Yemen, under the supervision of the head of the Redeployment Coordination Committee, Indian General Abhijit Goha.

A spokesman for the joint resistance in the West Coast Front, "The Houthi militias targeted machine guns the first and fifth joint observation points in the areas" Khamiri "and" Max "located in Kilo 8 and Kilo 7 east of the city of Hodeidah.

A joint forces statement described this targeting as a new escalation of Houthi militias against the ceasefire agreement in Hodeidah province.