The UN has welcomed a proposal from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels to end all attacks on Saudi Arabia as part of a peace initiative.
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said the Houthis’ offer to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia could bring an end to the devastating war in the country. adding “could send a powerful message of the will to end the war,” on Saturday.
News of the offer came a week after a crippling attack on Saudi oil facilities.
The offer comes a week after drone and missile strikes hit Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Yemen’s civil war has killed 10,000 and pushed millions to the edge of starvation in what has become the world’s worst man-made humanitarian disaster.
