{
  "id": 8261422,
  "title": "Riyadh offers to lift Yemen blockade in two-week truce with Houthis, Al-Akhbar reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/riyadh-offers-to-lift-yemen-blockade-in-two-week-truce-with-houthis",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T14:59:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/riyadh-offers-lift-yemen-blockade-two-week-truce-houthis-al-akhbar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Riyadh has reportedly offered a two-week ceasefire to Yemen's Houthis, followed by direct talks, according to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar. The Saudi offer also includes an unconditional discussion of humanitarian demands, with the potential for a comprehensive deal to be reached. However, the Houthis have expressed reluctance to accept the proposal and are seeking a settlement that would fully lift the air, land, and sea blockade, as well as the withdrawal of Saudi military, security, and political forces from Yemen. The offer was reportedly conveyed through an Omani mediator, following contacts involving Saudi Arabia, the United States, Egypt, Pakistan, and Oman.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}