Yemen government says it is ready to resume peace efforts, coalition silent

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government said on Thursday it was ready to work on confidence-building measures under U.N.-led peace efforts as the United States pressed for an end to a war that has pushed Yemen to the brink of starvation.

Yemeni soldiers take part in a military maneuver supported by the Saudi-led military coalition in the eastern province of Marib, Yemen. Source: EPA

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who are leading a coalition fighting Yemen’s Iranian-aligned Houthi insurgents in a conflict that has lasted more than three years, have yet to publicly comment on calls by the United States and Britain for a ceasefire.