Saudi-led warplanes carried out new strikes against Iran-backed rebels in the Yemeni capital on Tuesday and the UN envoy flew in for talks ahead of a planned five-day humanitarian ceasefire. The Saudi-proposed truce, due to take effect at 11:00 pm (2000 GMT), aims to allow deliveries of desperately needed relief supplies, although aid groups have already warned that five days are **t e**ugh. The targets of Tuesday's raids included an arms depot in a military base on Mount **qum in the eastern outskirts of Sanaa, an AFP correspondent said. Tensions between Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran have soared following the launch of the aerial campaign on March 26.
05-13-2015, 12:40 AM
Saudi-led raids hit Yemen rebels ahead of ceasefire
Saudi-led warplanes carried out new strikes against Iran-backed rebels in the Yemeni capital on Tuesday and the UN envoy flew in for talks ahead of a planned five-day humanitarian ceasefire. The Saudi-proposed truce, due to take effect at 11:00 pm (2000 GMT), aims to allow deliveries of desperately needed relief supplies, although aid groups have already warned that five days are **t e**ugh. The targets of Tuesday's raids included an arms depot in a military base on Mount **qum in the eastern outskirts of Sanaa, an AFP correspondent said. Tensions between Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran have soared following the launch of the aerial campaign on March 26.
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