A senior U.S. diplomat has presented a proposal for a comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen to the country's dominant Houthis at a meeting in Oman, a member of the Houthi negotiating team said on Thursday. The Houthi negotiating team member did not disclose details of the proposal. Yemen's crisis began in September 2014 when the Iran-allied Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa. The Houthi negotiating team has been in Oman since the collapse of the peace talks, after Saudi authorities in control of Yemen's airspace refused to grant the Houthi team access to Sanaa, the Houthi source added. Saudi authorities have now agreed to allow the negotiating team to return to Yemen in a U.N. airplane, he said.

Source: Egypt Independent September 15, 2016 21:11 UTC