The US calls for a Humanitarian truce in Yemen during Ramadan

Yemenis stand amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in a village near Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, April 4, 2015. Since their advance began last year, the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis have overrun Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and several provinces, forcing the country’s beleaguered President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee the country. A Saudi-led coalition continued to carry out intensive airstrikes overnight and early Saturday morning targeting Houthi positions. (AP Photo)

According to “BBC”, The United states calls for a truce in Yemen during the month of Ramadan, amidst the ongoing struggle between The Houthis and the allegiance led by Saudi Arabia.

The announcement came after Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is in Riyadh for talks about war in Yemen. The Saudi foreign minister ensured that any truce would depend on the rebels’ co-operation.

According to the American ministry of foreign affairs, this truce would enable some relief organizations to help deliver needed help of food and medicine to Yemeni people. This comes after the UN announcing the situation in Yemen as an extremely dangerous one, with warnings of near collapse. It came after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon called for a truce among warring parties in Yemen during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The call comes as national reconciliation talks are set to begin in Geneva.

And while the attack on Yemen continues, more people are getting killed and injured in Sana’a and Aden, with more than 80% of Yemeni people in dire need of help, either because lack of food or water. And on the other side, the clashes between the Houthis and the government continue in the city of Aden.

And according to a BBC report, the last time the Saudis announced a pause in their air strikes to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians, the Saudis say the rebels took advantage of the lull to seize a major military barracks and advance further into the port of Aden. The air strikes then resumed.

The Saudis don’t trust the rebels but they also know they can’t keep bombing Yemen indefinitely.

The Houthis took control of Sana’a last September before moving to other parts of the city. With the Saudi Arabia’s allegiance beginning their attacks on Yemen in March after the president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi left for Saudi Arabia, depending on them to regain his rule over Yemen.