Yemeni Minister of Local Administration and Chairman of the Higher Committee for Relief Abdalraqib Saif Fatah has confirmed that Houthi militias and supporters of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh are holding a number of relief ships from donor countries. In a meeting with Russia's Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Dedushkin, Fatah said that the rebels controlling the ports of Al-Salif and Hodeidah were preventing entry of aid to the provinces under their control, resulting in famine in a number of these provinces, especially in Hodeidah. Yemeni President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi directed the national army and leaders of the Popular Resistance to be more vigilant and address any ceasefire violation carried out by coup leaders. In a telephone conversation with the commander of the Fifth Military Region Maj. Gen. Tawfiq Algaiz, he said "the rebel forces in Sanaa are violating the truce and that this matter is well-monitored." A shaky 48-hour truce has seen at least 185 violations committed by Houthi militias, mostly in the besieged city of Taiz, Al Arabiya's sister channel Al Hadath News Channel has reported. Spokesman of the Arab coalition supporting the legitimacy in Yemen Maj. Gen. Ahmed Assiri was quoted by Al Hadath as saying that most of the violation took place in Taiz. "Houthi militias attempted to shoot a ballistic missile targeting Marib city," he said.
