Officials in Yemen are taking steps to allow planes from the rebel-held capital.

 According to AFP, Yemen's government would allow individuals residing in Huthi-controlled areas to fly on Huthi-issued passports, removing a roadblock to long-awaited commercial flights out of Sanaa.

The flights are part of a renewed two-month cease-fire that began in early April, but they have been delayed due to disagreements between warring factions about which documents passengers should use.

The government has decided to "give Yemeni people who were held hostage by the (Huthis) the opportunity to travel through Sanaa airport with passports issued by Huthi-controlled territories during the ceasefire period," according to a Yemeni official.

According to the source, the government is "not accountable for any data contained" in the Huthi-issued documents because they are not authorized to communicate to the media.

Yemeni authorities have approved "a UN proposal to utilize (Huthis') docs on an interim basis & just during the #truce," the Yemeni embassy in Washington announced on Twitter.

Although the transport minister in Sanaa stated the airport was ready, there was no information on when the first flight would take place on Friday.

Hundreds of thousands of people have died in Yemen's seven-year struggle between the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels, which has left millions on the verge of famine.

The Huthis took control of Sanaa in 2014, forcing a Saudi-led military intervention to defend the government the following year, sparking a war that has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian disaster, according to the United Nations.

Since August 2016, when airstrikes stopped service to the city, Sanaa's airport has been closed to commercial traffic.

The first flight under the cease-fire was supposed to take place on April 24 from Sanaa to Amman, Jordan's capital, but it was canceled when state airline Yemenia reported it didn't get the necessary licenses.

Each side blamed the other for the stalemate, prompting UN special envoy Hans Grundberg to express his concern and push for a swift resolution to the standoff.

At the time, the Norwegian Refugee Council reported that the inability to fly commercial planes out of Sanaa had left "tens of thousands of medical patients" stranded.

On Friday, Erin Hutchinson, the NRC's Yemen country director, stated, "It is good to see the parties considering ways to reopen flights from Sanaa airport."

"Let's hope this leads to regular commercial flights and more, such as the opening of roads in Taez and other governorates," Hutchinson said, referring to a Yemeni city under siege for years.

The NRC stated earlier this week that the number of civilian casualties in Yemen has decreased by more than half since the cease-fire went into force and that it should be renewed.

Since 2016, the Saudi-led coalition has imposed an air and maritime blockade on Yemen, with exceptions for humanitarian flights.

Iran is accused by the alliance of transporting arms to the rebels, which the Islamic republic denies.