Yemen agrees ceasefire terms with Shia Muslim border rebels

Times Online – Yemen has agreed ceasefire terms with Shia Muslim rebels, raising hopes that the six-year conflict in the north of the country may be coming to a close. Officials in Sanaa, the capital, said that the Houthi tribe behind the uprising had agreed a six-point “road map” for peace and that bilateral negotiations could begin soon if the rebels were to withdraw from their positions in the disputed Saada region to the northeast. Read article

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