The United Nations welcomed on Sunday any redeployment of Yemen's Houthi forces away from the port city of Hodeida, but said this should be independently verified to ensure it is in line with the Stockholm cease-fire agreement.
On Saturday, the Iranian-aligned movement said it had started to leave the port of the Red Sea city as part of a U.N.-sponsored cease-fire signed in Sweden in December with the Saudi-backed government.
The group said its fighters were withdrawing as specified in the agreement, handing control to local Yemeni coast guard units who were in charge of protecting ports before the war. These will be under U.N. supervision.