A Houthi missile targeted a government building in the city center of Yemen’s Marib province, only minutes after the announcement of a ceasefire by the Arab Coalition.
The missile fell in a residential area, Yemeni security sources said early Thursday.
A Yemeni presidential adviser, Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi, blamed the Houthis, saying on Twitter that the attack shows the militias "are fueling war not peace.”
Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani also slammed the Houthis despite the government’s call, along with the Arab Coalition and the UN Special Envoy, for a ceasefire.
He said on Twitter that the militias have also fired missiles on liberated areas in the city of Hodeidah and made a desperate attempt to regain control of a military camp in al-Jawf.
The Arab Coalition has announced a two-week ceasefire in Yemen, which will go into effect at midday on Thursday.
The move aims to facilitate talks sponsored by UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths for a permanent ceasefire, and was decided in part to avoid a potential outbreak of the new coronavirus, though no cases have been reported so far, Coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said.
The ceasefire is open to extension, he added.
