Video: Yemenis welcome ceasefire but remain fearful
Video: Yemenis welcome ceasefire but remain fearful
People in Yemen reflect on the ceasefire which came into force Tuesday, and the fears that this is just a lull in the violence.
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Both Sanaa and Aden, along with cities, towns and villages across Yemen, have suffered as conflict has raged in the Middle East's poorest country.
A "humanitarian pause" began late on Tuesday, providing respite from a war that has now killed more than 1,500 people since March, as Saudi-led coalition airstrikes pound the country, and Houthi militiamen allied to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his forces vie for control of cities such as Taiz and Aden with local movements and militias, some of whom are allied to exiled Yemeni leader Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
The ceasefire is designed to allow humanitarian aid to reach the country, where the humanitarian situation is now being described as "disastrous" by the UN's food agency.
A "humanitarian pause" began late on Tuesday, providing respite from a war that has now killed more than 1,500 people since March, as Saudi-led coalition airstrikes pound the country, and Houthi militiamen allied to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his forces vie for control of cities such as Taiz and Aden with local movements and militias, some of whom are allied to exiled Yemeni leader Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
The ceasefire is designed to allow humanitarian aid to reach the country, where the humanitarian situation is now being described as "disastrous" by the UN's food agency.
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