2-Month Truce in Yemen Begins After Warring Parties Come to Agreement

2-Month Truce in Yemen Begins After Warring Parties Come to Agreement
Yemenis shop at a market in the old city of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on April 2, 2022. Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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CAIRO—A tanker carrying badly needed fuel arrived in Yemen’s blockaded port of Hodeida on Sunday, as a cease-fire meant to stop the fighting in the war-torn country for two months entered its first full day.

The truce agreement, which took effect Saturday evening, allows for shipments of fuel to arrive in Hodeida and for passenger flights to resume from the airport in the capital of Sanaa. Both Hodeida and Sanaa are held by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.