UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen's government and its key coalition partners Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are expressing "growing alarm" at what they say are "persistent, deliberate violations" by rival Houthi Shiite rebels of the cease-fire agreement in the key port of Hodeida.
Ambassadors of the three countries said in a letter to the Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press that they are also alarmed at the Houthis' refusal to redeploy troops from the port area and allow a free flow of humanitarian aid as called for the in the Dec. 13 agreement signed in Stockholm, Sweden.
They urged council members "to do everything in their power to demand that the Iran-backed Houthis comply with the terms of the Stockholm agreement."
