Yemen: Airstrikes resume

A five-day ceasefire ended on 17 May and was followed by renewed Saudi airstrikes. The United Nations had appealed for the truce to be extended to allow time for urgently needed humanitarian access, but the Yemeni government in Riyadh and the Shiite Houthi group in Yemen blamed each other for the resumption of hostilities. According to Reuters, Saudi warplanes carried out the most sustained bombardment of Sanaa in nearly two months of strikes on 19 May, hitting army bases and weapons depots.