Truce in Yemen continues to ‘broadly hold in military terms’ 

The truce in Yemen continues to “broadly hold in military terms,” United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said on Monday.
“Four-and-a-half months in, the truce continues to broadly hold in military terms,” Grundberg said. “No major military operations or changes to frontlines have occurred and there have been neither confirmed airstrikes inside Yemen nor cross-border attacks emanating from Yemen.”
Grundberg said the United Nations continues to see a decline in casualties in Yemen, he added.
The conflict between the Yemen government forces and the Ansar Allah movement – also known as the Houthi movement – worsened in 2015 after a Saudi-led coalition of countries joined the conflict on the side of the government and started conducting air, land, and sea operations against the Houthis. The latter retaliated by attacking Saudi forces and continually firing missiles inside Saudi Arabia.
In April, a two-month ceasefire was declared under the auspices of the United Nations and supported by all parties to the conflict.
Grundberg said earlier in August that the warring parties in Yemen have agreed to extend the truce by another two months to negotiate an expanded truce agreement.