- Title: Clashes in Yemen despite 48-hour ceasefire - residents
- Date: 19th November 2016
- Summary: TAIZ, YEMEN (NOVEMBER 19, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING FROM TOP OF BUILDINGS IN TAIZ AFTER CLASHES SMOKE RISING FORM TOP OF BUILDING AND AIR STRIKES HEARD IN BACKGROUND TANK AND ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING ON ROAD / ARMED MEN LOYAL TO YEMENI PRESIDENT ABD-RABBU MANSOUR HADI LOOKING ON TANK BELONGING TO FORCES LOYAL TO HADI FIRING SHOTS IN STREET GROUP OF CHILDREN STANDING IN STREET WOMEN IN NIQAB STANDING AND LOOKING AROUND VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS IN CITY
- Embargoed: 4th December 2016 18:37
- Keywords: Yemen clashes ceasefire government Saudi Arabia
- Location: TAIZ, YEMEN
- City: TAIZ, YEMEN
- Country: Yemen
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA0015940FUV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Yemenis said they had witnessed clashes on Saturday (November 19) despite a 48-hour truce in the war-torn country.
The ceasefire by the Saudi-led military coalition raised hopes of an end to a humanitarian crisis caused by a war that has drawn in regional foes Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The truce seemed to be largely holding up despite gun battles in the Western city of Taiz and air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition reported by residents in villages east of the capital Sanaa.
Yemen's Saudi-backed government and its Iran-aligned Houthi adversaries blamed each other for the violence in Taiz where thousands of civilians are trapped and many have been wounded.
Government forces this week made advances on Taiz threatening to break a year-long siege by the rebels. Saudi Arabia and allied Sunni Muslim Gulf states began a military campaign in March last year to prevent the Houthis and forces loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh from taking control of the whole country. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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