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UN calls for respecting truce in Yemen

15 May 2015 02:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The United Nations special envoy to Yemen has called for respecting a five-day ceasefire in Yemen in a bid to boost the delivery of sorely-needed aid, APA reports quoting Press TV.

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed made the request in a statement issued on Thursday, saying that he was "very worried about violations of the truce."

The UN official urged all sides in Yemen to "strictly respect a cessation of military operations... to allow the flow of aid."

Saudi Arabia’s pounding of Yemen continues unabated despite the declaration of the five-day ceasefire in the war-wracked country on Tuesday.

Local sources said at least nine Yemenis were killed in an Apache helicopter attack in the al-Safiya region in northwestern Sa’ada Province on Thursday.