As a special conference on the Yemen crisis opened in Riyadh, there were reports that a Saudi-led coalition force had resumed air strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
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There had been hopes that a five-day humanitarian truce which has now expired would be extended however explosions were heard in the port city of Aden over night.
Yemen’s exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour .Hadi, who is attending the conference in Riyadh, accused the Houthi’s of using the truce to regroup and prepare for yet more fighting instead of listening to the Yemeni people whom he said ‘want to live with dignity and justice’.
The Shia Houthi rebels have stayed away from the talks.
Since Tuesday the Saudi-led forces and the rebels had largely observed the ceasefire to allow the delivery of food and medical supplies to millions of Yemenis caught