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Monday 21 November 2016 - 12:33
Story Code : 239923

Truce violated by Saudi forces 114 times: Army spokesman

Mersad News- The army spokesman Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman said on Sunday Saudi Arabia and its allies have violated a recent ceasefire declared by Riyadh in the country over 100 times.

He confirmed in Press Statement to Seba Agency ceasefire has been violated 114 times by Riyadhs military since it went into effect on Saturday.

Saudi forces had launched attacks against various Yemeni provinces including Sanaa, Taizz and Saada, adding that in some of the attacks internationally-banned weapons were used he added.

On Tuesday , US Secretary of State John Kerry said to journalists in the United Arab Emirates Warring sides of the conflict in Yemen have agreed on a swift ceasefire agreement starting in the coming days.

The Yemeni site have expressed its readiness to end fighting and join a national unity government in the conflict-ridden country suffering from a deadly Saudi aggression.

Later,Yemens former foreign minister, Abdel Malek al-Mekhlafi, complained that Kerrys announcement had not been coordinated with the countrys resigned government.

Sharaf Luqman, The army spokesman, reaffirmed on Saturday the commitment to the ceasefire in line of Omans principle agreement, providing the other side should obey by the agreed truce.

The US has also been providing logistic and surveillance support to the kingdom in the bloody military campaign.
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