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| Yemen peace talks under way as ceasefire begins | |
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| Yemen's warring parties have begun UN-backed peace talks in Switzerland, as a seven-day ceasefire came into effect. | |
| The UN says the talks between the government, the Houthi rebel movement and its allies aimed to find a "durable settlement" to the months-long crisis. | |
| At least 5,700 people - almost half civilians - have been killed since a Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign against the rebels in March. | |
| The coalition is seeking to drive back the Houthis and restore the government. | |
| Representatives of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Houthis and the General People's Congress party of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh - whose loyalists in the security forces have backed the rebels - are meeting in the city of Biel. The talks are expected to last all week. | |
| The UN's special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is mediating the talks, said the truce was a "first step towards building lasting peace". | |
| The Saudi-led coalition has said said it reserved the right to respond to any breach. | |
| Hours before the ceasefire began, a Saudi military commander and an Emirati officer were reported to have been killed along with a number of Gulf, Yemeni and Sudanese soldiers on Monday. | Hours before the ceasefire began, a Saudi military commander and an Emirati officer were reported to have been killed along with a number of Gulf, Yemeni and Sudanese soldiers on Monday. |
| They appear to have been killed by a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Taiz province. | They appear to have been killed by a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Taiz province. |
| If confirmed, the attack would be the deadliest on the coalition since 45 Emirati troops were killed when a missile hit a base in Marib province, east of the capital, Sanaa, in September. | If confirmed, the attack would be the deadliest on the coalition since 45 Emirati troops were killed when a missile hit a base in Marib province, east of the capital, Sanaa, in September. |
| The Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign in March after the Houthis seized Sanaa and advanced on the second city, Aden. | The Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign in March after the Houthis seized Sanaa and advanced on the second city, Aden. |
| President Hadi and his government were forced to flee to Saudi Arabia. | |
| The already dire humanitarian situation in Yemen has also deteriorated severely, with more than 21 million people - four-fifths of the population - now requiring aid. | The already dire humanitarian situation in Yemen has also deteriorated severely, with more than 21 million people - four-fifths of the population - now requiring aid. |
| Since March, coalition and pro-government forces have retaken Aden and the city of Marib, but have failed to drive the rebels out of the third city of Taiz. | Since March, coalition and pro-government forces have retaken Aden and the city of Marib, but have failed to drive the rebels out of the third city of Taiz. |
| Why is there fighting in Yemen? | Why is there fighting in Yemen? |
| The war the world forgot? | The war the world forgot? |
| Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe | Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe |
| Who is fighting whom? | Who is fighting whom? |
| Meeting the Houthis and their enemies | Meeting the Houthis and their enemies |