Yemen: Saudi-led airstrikes bombard Sanaa on eve of five-day truce

Saudi-led coalition planes continued to bombard Sanaa with airstrikes early on Tuesday morning, just hours before a five-day truce, proposed by Saudi Arabia and agreed by the Houthi forces, comes into effect. The ceasefire is set to come into force from 23.00 local time (20.00 GMT) on Tuesday night. The truce is designed to allow for humanitarian aid to brought into Yemen. It will be the first ceasefire since the Saudi-led campaign of airstrikes began against the Houthis on March 26. Both sides have warned that any breach of the truce would result in the end of the ceasefire and a full military response. The Saudi-led coalition, which seeks to restore the government of former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and fight against the Houthi rebels, includes eight other Arab states and is receiving logistical support from the United States, Britain and France.