Overnight air raids and clashes have dampened hopes for a seven-day truce in Sudan, which was negotiated to allow the passage of life-saving humanitarian aid. Witnesses in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, told AFP that clashes and air raids broke out minutes after the latest attempt at a pause in hostilities[…]
The United Nations Envoy for Yemen said, on Monday, he was encouraged by intensified efforts for an expanded truce deal but stressed they should seek an inclusive process for a sustainable political settlement, Reuters reports. Hans Grundberg, addressing a UN Security Council briefing more than three months after an initial truce pact[…]
Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed a two-month truce brokered by the United Nations in war-torn Yemen, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it supports the truce announcement by the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, which will see “all forms of military operations inside Yemen[…]
Two days of clashes between rival militias near Libya’s capital, Tripoli, have left 10 people dead and 41 wounded, the health ministry said on Thursday. Fighting between armed groups erupted on Wednesday despite a truce deal four months ago that had halted deadly battles in the city. The health ministry[…]
No humanitarian aid has entered Syria yet, the UN says, despite the de-escalation of violence across the country following the coming into effect of a nationwide ceasefire. Al Jazeera has learned from diplomatic sources that no route for the delivery of aid has been agreed upon yet. The Syrian foreign[…]
Syrian government troops have made major advances in Aleppo despite a three day ceasefire announced by Damascus, cutting off the only road in and out of rebel-held areas of the city. Pro-government troops advanced to within 1km of the strategic Castello Road on Thursday, putting it within range of light[…]
Rival sides in Yemen’s year-long conflict began a tentative truce overnight on Sunday, saying they were committed to the halt in hostilities despite pockets of fighting in the hours leading up to it. The conflict between the Yemeni army and the rival Houthi rebels has killed more than 6,200 people[…]
A ceasefire has taken effect in Yemen after more than a year of fighting between government forces and Houthi rebels in which thousands of people were killed. Fighting raged on Tuesday shortly before the 09:00 GMT start of the ceasefire, which was called by the Saudi-led coalition battling the Iran-backed[…]
The Saudi-led coalition said on Monday that a ceasefire in Yemen would begin the following morning instead of at midnight as earlier announced, as warring parties prepared for talks in Switzerland. The coalition said the truce would begin at 0900 GMT following a request by Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour[…]
A new temporary truce has begun between pro-government and opposition forces in four Syrian towns, a group that monitors the Syrian conflict has reported. Sunday’s ceasefire began in the rebel-held towns of Zabadani and Madaya outside the capital, Damascus, and the regime-held Shia villages of Fouaa and Kafraya in the[…]
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