The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has announced a 48-hour truce, the official Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday.
The ceasefire is to start on Saturday at 12:00 noon (0900 GMT).
It was called in response to a message from Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi backing the truce "in response to United Nations and [other] international efforts to establish peace" in Yemen, a coalition statement said.
"The ceasefire will be automatically extended if the [rebel] Houthi militias and their allies comply with it," the alliance added.
There was no immediate comment from the rebels, who have been locked in a devastating power struggle with Hadi for more than two years.
Rebels early Saturday attacked pro-government forces in the Temeni province of Jawf near the Saudi border, pro-Houthi broadcaster al-Masirah reported.
The shelling and rocket fire left an unknown number of pro-government fighters dead and injured, the report said.
Saturday's truce is the latest in a series of ceasefires that have failed to hold in the war-ravaged county.
At least 4,125 civilians have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led coalition started an air campaign there in March 2015 until early October, according to the United Nations.
Millions more are suffering serious food and water shortages in Yemen.
A cholera outbreak has also been confirmed in the rebel-held capital Sana'a.
Saudi Arabia fears that Yemen's rebels will give its regional rival, Iran, a strategic foothold on the Arabian Peninsula.
By Thomas Cronenberg and Ramadan Al-Fatash
