FILE – A Yemeni fighter backed by the Saudi-led coalition fires his weapon during clashes with Houthi rebels on the Kassara frontline near Marib, Yemen, June 20, 2021. Since the longest ceasefire between Yemen’s warring parties ended without renewal late last year, Saudi Arabia and the Iranian-backed Houthis have once again been engaging in back-channel talks. While the negotiations have managed to achieve an immediate aim of maintaining an unofficial sort of temporary truce, they seem unlikely to help either side find a way out of the conflict. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
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It emerged that plans were taking shape for an extended truce in Yemen, following talks between the head of the country’s presidential council and Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister. This came as Yemen’s internationally recognized government announced that the Saudi-led coalition that backs it lifted wartime restrictions on shipments to the import-reliant country.

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