Al-Houthi proposes peace initiative for Taiz province

TAIZ, May 17 (YPA) – Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, member of the Supreme Political Council, has announced a peace initiative in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz, calling on the Saudi-led coalition to approve it to begin its implementation.

Al-Houthi said that the initiative includes “ending the fighting, lifting up combat positions on both sides, and the opening of the roads afterwards.”

في تعز
1_انهاء القتال
2_رفع المواقع من الجانبين
3_فتح الطرقات بعدها
هذا متاح اذا وافقوا عليه من الصباح نبدأ الخطوة ان شاء الله

— محمد علي الحوثي (@Moh_Alhouthi) May 16, 2022

“This is possible if they agree, we can start the step starting in the morning, hopefully.”

Pro-coalition factions are deliberately exacerbating the humanitarian situation in Taiz by deploying dozens of checkpoints to impose levies on truck drivers carrying necessary goods, according to observers.

E.M