US Envoy visits Middle East to back Yemen truce - State Department

A protester holds a Yemeni flag-themed placard in Parliament Square in London on 5 July 2020, as she demonstrates against the continued conflict in Yemen. [JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images]

US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, is visiting the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week “to support efforts to renew and expand the UN-mediated truce in Yemen,” the US State Department said on Thursday, one day after the top diplomat left for the region, Reuters reports.

“We remind the Houthis that the world is watching their actions and urge them to cooperate with the UN and listen to Yemeni appeals for peace,” the Department said in a statement.

“The only path forward to ending eight years of destructive war is through a durable ceasefire and political settlement that allows Yemenis to determine the future of their country,” it said.

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