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The Saudi-led coalition said Friday it was extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month to combat the coronavirus pandemic, even as fighting persists in the war-torn country.
The extension comes after Yemen's Iran-aligned Huthi rebels rejected a two-week ceasefire declared by the military coalition that ended on Thursday. The coalition has decided to "extend the ceasefire for a month from Thursday", its spokesman Turki al-Maliki said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency.
"The coalition reaffirms that there is still an opportunity to focus all efforts in order to reach a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire in Yemen," he added.