Abdulsalam said the warring parties agreed on Thursday to a ceasefire for the flashpoint city of Hudaydah and its surrounding governorate, the Arabic-language Al Mayadeen TV reported.

“We agreed that the United Nations should monitor the process of inspection of ships in the port of Hudaydah,” he added.

“We gave many concessions on Hudaydah to save the Yemeni people, and we retreated from our positions,” the senior Yemeni official noted.

The Ansarullah suggested that the passenger planes should go to Jordan and Egypt before departure for Sana’a, Abdulsalam went on to say.

The Yemeni peace talks opened in the Swedish capital of Stockholm on December 7 on an upbeat note, with the warring sides agreeing to a broad prisoner swap, boosting hopes that the talks would not deteriorate into further violence as in the past.

Some 8.4 million Yemenis are facing starvation as a result of the Saudi-led aggression, although the United Nations has warned that will probably rise to 14 million.

Three-quarters of impoverished Yemen’s population, or 22 million people, require aid.

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced in a statement on March 25 that the war had left 600,000 civilians dead and injured until then. The war and the accompanying blockade have also caused famine across Yemen.

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Speaking to the Arabic-language al-Masirah TV on Tuesday night, Abdulsalam said the foreign troops’ presence in Yemen is contrary to the country’s constitution and UN Security Council resolutions.

“The presence of foreign forces in Yemen is not justified as long as our approach is political settlement (of the crisis),” he said.

Yemen’s occupied areas are now controlled by foreigners such as British, Saudi and Emirati forces, not a group that calls itself “legitimate”, he added, referring to the Yemeni exiled government which claims legitimacy.

The Ansarullah spokesman went on to say that no party could demand the presence of foreign forces in Yemen.

Abdulsalam further said that in the UN-brokered peace talks in Stockholm, Sweden, the two sides have reached some agreements on ceasefire in some areas.

The talks opened Thursday on an upbeat note, with the warring sides agreeing to a broad prisoner swap, boosting hopes that the talks would not deteriorate into further violence as in the past.

Some 8.4 million Yemenis are facing starvation as a result of the Saudi-led aggression, although the United Nations has warned that will probably rise to 14 million.

Three-quarters of impoverished Yemen’s population, or 22 million people, require aid.

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced in a statement on March 25 that the war had left 600,000 civilians dead and injured until then. The war and the accompanying blockade have also caused famine across Yemen.

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In remarks released on Sunday, Abdulsalam said the Saudi-led fighter jets have bombarded Hudaydah 35 times over the last 12 hours, adding that concurrently, the Riyadh-backed mercenaries pounded the city with missiles and artilleries.

He further emphasized that the increase of the aggressors’ attacks on Hudaydah have revealed their hidden objectives and that the escalation will only destroy peace efforts of the UN special envoy to Yemen.

The Arabic language al-Masirah TV quoted Yemeni sources as saying that the forces of the Arabian Peninsula country, in retaliatory attacks, have managed to target and hit the positions of the mercenaries in Jizan, killing dozens of the Saudi-backed militants.

Griffiths left Yemen on Saturday after further talks with Houthi leaders in the capital, Sana’a and a visit to the Hudaydah where he called for UN supervision of its crucial port.

Yemen’s defenseless people have been under massive attacks by the coalition for more than three-and-a-half years but Riyadh has reached none of its objectives in Yemen so far.

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced in a statement on March 25 that the war had left 600,000 civilians dead and injured until then. The war and the accompanying blockade have also caused famine across Yemen.

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The spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement Mohammad Abdulsalam, too, congratulated the production of the very first the precision-guided missile called P1, calling it a sign of Yemenis capability and creative and innovative minds.

The Mehr news agency has recently conducted an interview with Abdulaziz Ahmad al-Bakir, deputy minister of the Yemeni National Salvation Government to discuss the issue further.

Following is the full text of the interview.

Q. Recently, the Yemeni army forces unveiled a new generation of ballistic and ‘smart’ missiles. How do you assess the significance of this military achievement for the Yemenis?

A. The achievement will encourage the Yemeni army forces to do more and better and rely on their own capability and shift the power in the region.

Q. What plan do the Yemeni army forces have to counter the UAE and Saud Arabia? Can the Yemenis directly target Riyadh and Abu Dhabi?

A. Defending our homeland is our legitimate rights approved by Abrahamic religions and human principles and laws, and we don’t allow its violation.

Q. The brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi has made some of the western governments to halt the sale of munitions to the Saudis. What is your stance on that?

A. First things first. In Yemen, we only trust in God. Second, our resistance to the crimes committed by the Saudis will eventually change the balance of power in the region. The Yemeni War has entered its fourth year and the people of Yemen continue to show patience and stand against atrocities of the House of Saud. God has promised victory to the oppressed and pious people, and we count on His promise.

Q. Do you believe Muslims help the Yemenis when taking part in massive rallies like the Arbaeen March?

A. Yemenis are God-loving people and descendants of the Ansar [the people from Medina who supported Prophet Muhammad], Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) and Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House). Therefore, from the historical and Islamic point of view, we follow these great figures, in particular, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).

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