Iran Press/Middle East: UN envoy Martin Griffiths told the UN Security Council via videoconference on Thursday that work was underway in "reaching consensus" over a ceasefire and political dialogue proposals submitted Friday, reported by France 24
"We are redoubling our efforts to bridge the outstanding differences between the parties," he said.
But Griffiths added that he feared fighting would continue on the ground until an agreement was reached on the proposals.
The city of Marib, east of the capital of Sanaa, "remains the center of gravity of this war," he said.
The UN official comments came amid the continued attacks of the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen. In the past 24 hours, Saudi military aircrafts conducted 26 strikes against areas across the country.
Almost 100,000 civilians have been killed over the past five years, because of the assaults of the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen.
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