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With no extension announced, a five-day humanitarian cease-fire in Yemen between Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition ended Sunday night, The Associated Press reports.

The cease-fire expired at 11 p.m. but it wasn’t clear if either side immediately began widespread hostilities. The cease-fire hadn’t halted all fighting between the rebels and those opposing them.

There were concentrated flyovers by aircraft likely from the coalition in Aden and Saada Sunday, though no strikes. Flyovers had also taken place throughout the cease-fire.

Earlier Sunday, hundreds of Yemeni politicians and tribal leaders began talks in Saudi Arabia on the future of their country, though the Houthis were not taking part.

The Houthis have rejected the main aim of the three-day talks – the restoration of Yemen’s exiled president – and the location of the negotiations in Saudi Arabia. The absence of the Houthis means the national dialogue is unlikely to end the violence, which saw the rebels seize the capital, Sanaa, in September and ultimately force President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi into exile.

The U.N. envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, opened the meeting in Riyadh by calling on all parties to ensure that the shaky cease-fire leads to a lasting truce.

“I call on all parties to refrain from any action that disturbs the peace of airports, main areas and the infrastructure of transport,” said Ahmed, who delivered the speech on behalf of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.