But it may have little choice if leaned on by Saudi Arabia, on which it depends both militarily and financially. 'What Kerry has said is no more than a media bubble.' He said the Houthis, whom he met in Oman on Monday night, had agreed to a ceasefire from Thursday, provided the other side implemented it. The ceasefire would be on the same terms as an earlier one that ran from April until the end of August, when UN-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait ended in disagreement. ONA quoted a foreign ministry official as saying that peace talks would resume at the end of November on the basis of a plan presented by the UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2016 17:23 UTC