UN announces humanitarian truce in Yemen

New York - The pause in fighting will go into effect at 23.59 local time on Friday until the end of Ramadan on July 17.

A humanitarian truce will go into force in Yemen on Friday to allow urgently needed aid to reach civilians in the war-torn country facing the threat of famine, the United Nations said.
The pause in fighting will go into effect at 23.59 local time on Friday until the end of Ramadan on July 17. The announcement came eight days after the United Nations declared Yemen a level-3 humanitarian emergency, the highest on its scale, with nearly half of the country's regions facing a food crisis.
"It is imperative and urgent that humanitarian aid can reach all vulnerable people of Yemen unimpeded and through an unconditional humanitarian pause," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.

• MENA