Yemen truce holds

SANA’A: Parties to the war in Yemen for the most part adhered to a 72-hour truce that began just before midnight on Wednesday and the capital Sana’a passed its first night in three months without air strikes, residents and officials said.

The truce was effectively holding across Yemen, despite small breaches in the provinces of Taiz, Hajja and Mareb, officials said.

“It was a quiet night. We slept without explosions,” said Bassam, a worker at a grocery store in Sana’a. “We hope this war ends soon; people are tired. We want to live, not to die.”

The UN announced the ceasefire between warring factions this week.

Several ceasefires have failed to end the conflict, although they have significantly slowed fighting in the war, which has killed at least 10 000 people.