May 10, 2015 10:22 am | Updated November 28, 2021 09:54 am IST - ABU DHABI
A Southern Popular Resistance fighter secures a street during fighting against the Houthis in the Dar Saad district of Yemen's Aden.
A spokesperson for the Yemeni Army allied with Houthi fighters said on Sunday that Yemen accepted a five-day truce proposed by Saudi Arabia.
"We announce our acceptance of the humanitarian ceasefire that will begin on Tuesday," Colonel Sharaf Luqman said in a statement on Yemen's Saba news agency.
Col. Luqman said the Army would respond to any break of the ceasefire by al-Qaeda or those allied to them.
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