In Yemen, residents in the capital Sanaa have reacted to the UN’s announcement that a 72-hour ceasefire will start late on Wednesday, by calling for a permanent end to the war. <br /><br /> The deal aims to facilitate the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to the country, which has been ravaged by conflict since 2014.<br /><br /> Yemen’s internationally recognised government, led by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, has been fighting Iranian backed Houthi rebels for control of Sanaa. <br /><br /> “Truce? What we need is an end to the war. We don’t want another three-day ceasefire. We want an end to the war,” said one Sanaa resident. <br /><br /> Another man said: “They talk about a truce but then they return with air strikes. They’ve destroyed our homes, they’ve destroyed our children. They struck a mourning hall, wedding ceremonies, mosques and schools. They have hit everything, they have destroyed the infrastructure. Where is this truce going to come from?’‘<br /><br /> The new ceasefire was brokered after a recent escalation in the fighting – notably this month’s bombing of a funeral ceremony in which 140 people died in a Saudi airstrike. That sparked fresh international calls to the end the conflict. <br /><br /> On Sunday, following talks in London, the US, Britain and the UN’s peace envoy urged the warring parties to declare a truce.<br />
