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Clashes erupt in Yemen hours before planned truce

CAIRO- Fighting broke out north of Yemen's capital and in the centre of the country on Sunday, killing more than 20 people, hours before a planned halt to the fighting aimed at facilitating talks to end the year-long war.

 

Yemen's government and its Iran-allied Houthi enemies are supposed to implement the UN-backed "cessation of hostilities" from midnight Yemen time before peace negotiations begin in Kuwait on April 18.

 

The United Nations hopes this will lead to a more concrete, formal ceasefire with peace-building steps.

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.10.16, 19:26