Saudi Arabia Proposes 5-day Yemen Truce
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Saudi King Salman at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters/Andrew Harnik/Pool)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia proposed a five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen on Thursday after weeks of air strikes and fighting, but said a ceasefire depended on the Houthi militia and its allies also agreeing to lay down arms, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, addressing a news conference alongside Jubeir, welcomed the proposal and added that neither Saudi Arabia nor the United States was talking about sending ground troops into Yemen.