Negotiations over the last 48 hours on board a UN ship in the Red Sea
have reached a successful deal, according to UN officials, who say a new mechanism has been agreed upon on enforcing the Hodeidah ceasefire.
The Hodeidah ceasefire was reached by Yemen’s Houthis and the Saudi-led
invasion force, and was intended to get combatants out of Hodeidah,
Yemen’s largest, most important aid port.
The Houthis have made good on handing over the ports themselves to local
groups, but getting the Saudi-led forces out of the area has taken a
lot longer, with the UAE the only country that’s willingly reduced its
presence.
The new deal involves rounds of de-escalation and some new measures on
enforcing the ceasefire. The two sides also reached a deal on a
timetable for further troop removals from the area.
A mostly desert country, even in peacetime Yemen imports over 90% of its
food. During the war, the vast majority of the food, and materially all
the food for the country’s north have come in through Hodeidah.
UN Says Deal Reached on Enforcing Hodeidah Ceasefire
Deal will encourage a troop pullback from aid port
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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