Kerry Calls for Rapid and Unconditional Cease-Fire in Yemen

  • Cessation of hostilities to commence within days, if not hours
  • Comes as Kerry joins U.K. counterpart Boris Johnson in London
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While the international spotlight is focused on the conflict in Syria, Yemen’s civil war appears close to achieving a cease-fire.

A road map to end hostilities has been agreed to, with a cease-fire to commence within days, if not hours, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in London alongside his British counterpart Boris Johnson and the United Nations special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed.