UN hails Huthi offer to halt Saudi attacks

The United Nations envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths welcomed Saturday an offer from the country’s Huthi rebels to halt all attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying it could bring an end to years of bloody conflict. Saudi Arabia gave a cautious response, with minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir saying on Saturday, “We judge other parties by their deeds, actions and not by their words, so we will see (whether) they actually do this or not.”