The truce in Yemen between Shiite rebels and a Saudi-led military coalition has formally ended, according to Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency.
The truce technically came into effect on Dec. 15 last year as a mutual show of good faith during peace negotiations taking place in Switzerland.
However, the truce never truly took hold on the ground in Yemen, with both sides ignoring it. The UN on Dec. 20 said there were “numerous violations” of the ceasefire from the very start.
Yemen’s conflict pits the internationally recognized government backed by a Saudi-led, US-supported coalition against the rebels, known as Houthis, who are allied with a former president.
Local affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group have also exploited Yemen’s chaos to grab land and exercise influence.
According to UN figures, the war in Yemen has killed at least 5,884 people since March last year, when fighting escalated after the Saudi-led coalition began launching airstrikes targeting the rebels.
In Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, independent security officials said 14 civilians, including four children, were killed since Friday by shelling from the rebels, who have the city under siege.
The Houthis have been indiscriminately shelling the war-devastated city and blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid for months, according to residents and aid groups.
Eleven anti-rebel fighters were killed west and south of the Taiz Governorate, where the city with the same name is located, since Friday, according to the officials.
The officials said more than 22 Houthi and allied fighters were killed in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition between Friday and midday on Saturday in the provinces of Marib and Jawf.
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