A fragile 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen ended amid mutual recriminations on Monday (November 21st) after failing to stem violence across the country, AFP reported.
The US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on Saturday, with the coalition announcing its end at midday Monday, with both sides trading accusations about hundreds of violations.
"At the military level, for the moment, we have no orders to extend the ceasefire. It is over," said coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Ahmed Assiri.
Fifteen Houthis (Ansarallah) and nine troops loyal to Yemeni president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi were killed in clashes overnight in and around Taez, military and medical sources said.
Four civilians also were killed and 11 wounded in Houthi bombing of pro-Hadi neighbourhoods.
Early Monday, pro-Hadi forces attacked the Houthis and their allies on the western outskirts of Taez, military officials said, targeting an air defence base. Four Houthis were killed in an airstrike.
Coalition warplanes hit Houthi positions in Nahm, north of Sanaa, and in Saada province, and flew several sorties over Sanaa early Monday.
The ceasefire was the latest international attempt to end Yemen's 20-month conflict, which the UN says has killed more than 7,000 people and wounded nearly 37,000.
Separately on Monday, an airstrike on a vehicle killed a suspected al-Qaeda sharia judge in the central province of Baida, a security official told AFP.
The suspected militant was identified as Abu Hammam al-Ibbi.
