NEW YORK, 03 April 2022, (TON): UN envoy to Yemen said “Yemen’s warring sides have accepted a two-month truce, starting with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.”

The envoy, Hans Grundberg, announced the agreement from Amman, Jordan, after meeting separately with both sides in the country’s brutal civil war in recent days.

He said that he hoped the truce would be renewed after two months.

The agreement comes after a significant escalation in recent weeks that saw Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim several attacks across the country’s borders, targeting the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “he hoped the truce would pave the way toward peace” but added “we know that these agreements are always fragile.”

The truce is to start, the first day of Ramadan, and will also allow for shipments of fuel to arrive in the Yemen’s key port city of Hodeida and for passenger flights to resume from the airport in the capital, Sanaa.

UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said the warring sides agreed to halt all offensive military, air, ground and maritime operations inside Yemen and across its borders..