U.N. Monitoring Unit to Oversee Yemen Cease-Fire Implementation

The deal centers on the port city of Hodeidah and includes mutual redeployment of forces to other agreed locations

UNITED NATIONS—A tentative deal between warring parties in Yemen is being hailed as a breakthrough by international diplomats even as they warn it must still be implemented on the ground.

A U.N. monitoring unit is expected to arrive in the region within days, led by a retired Dutch major general with peacekeeping experience, to see that terms of the deal are carried out.

“Being...