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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Coalition: Houthis Not Serious about Implementing Sweden Deal

Arab coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki speaks at a press conference in Riyadh. (SPA)

The Saudi-led Arab coalition accused on Monday the Iran-backed Houthi militias of not being serious about implementing the Sweden ceasefire deal.

The agreement calls for their withdrawal from Hodeidah and its three ports.

Addressing a press conference in Riyadh, coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said that the Houthis were instead digging trenches in Hodeidah province, a sign of their reluctance to implement the Stockholm deal that was reached in December.

He then presented the conference with photographs of the trenches in Hodeidah.

Moreover, Maliki accused the militias of using prohibited weapons since the signing of the Sweden deal. They have also deployed snipers and launched ballistic missiles.

The Houthis have committed 368 violations in Hodeidah since the ceasefire was signed, he added.

On relief efforts, he said that 486 permits to ensure the operations of humanitarian agencies in Yemen have been issued.

Complete support has been provided to the agencies, he stressed.

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