Yemen Warring Parties Agree to Cease-Fire on April 10, UN Says
- More than 6,000 people have been killed in the fighting
- Poorest Arab country on verge of famine as civil war continues
Damaged buildings in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
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The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a cessation of hostilities April 10 and to start peace talks in Kuwait on April 18, United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed said in New York.
The development comes almost a year after Houthi rebels gained control of the Yemeni capital Sana’a and much of the country’s densely populated northern and central areas. The advances prompted Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries that had backed Yemen’s President Abdurabuh Hadi to launch air strikes against the Houthis.