Women walk on a bridge in the old quarter of Yemen's capital Sanaa April 9, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahREUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
ADEN (Reuters) - A shaky truce took hold in Yemen on Monday under a U.N.-backed effort to end a war that has made the country a front in Saudi Arabia's region wide rivalry with Iran and caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
The war-damaged capital Sanaa spent a quiet night, witnesses said, but residents said fighting flared in the southwestern city of Taiz soon after the planned start of the cessation of hostilities at 2100 GMT on Sunday.
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