US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the end of hostilities in Yemen, Reuters reported.
According to his statement, missile and drone strikes by Iran-allied Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia and the UAE should stop, and the Saudi-led coalition must cease air strikes in all populated areas of Yemen.
According to the US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis all parties to the conflict should take steps towards a truce and begin talks within the next month. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are voiced support for the U.N. effort.
“We’ve got to move toward a peace effort here. And we can’t say we’re going to do it sometime in the future. We need to be doing this in the next 30 days,” Mattis said.
