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Yemen crisis: Peace talks to resume on 14 January Yemen crisis: Peace talks to resume on 14 January
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Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen have broken up in Switzerland without agreement.Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen have broken up in Switzerland without agreement.
UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the talks will resume on 14 January at an as yet undecided location.UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the talks will resume on 14 January at an as yet undecided location.
He said some progress had been made, but that violations of a temporary ceasefire had caused problems.He said some progress had been made, but that violations of a temporary ceasefire had caused problems.
Fierce fighting has continued in the north of Yemen between Houthi rebels and forces backing the government.Fierce fighting has continued in the north of Yemen between Houthi rebels and forces backing the government.
Yemen's humanitarian catastropheYemen's humanitarian catastrophe
The war the world forgot?The war the world forgot?
Who is fighting whom?Who is fighting whom?
Meeting the Houthis and their enemiesMeeting the Houthis and their enemies
Mr Ahmed told a news conference that all his efforts over the next few days and weeks would be devoted to ensuring a ceasefire does hold.Mr Ahmed told a news conference that all his efforts over the next few days and weeks would be devoted to ensuring a ceasefire does hold.
"We have achieved during the recent days big progress but it's not enough and we need to exchange more views between the participants," he said."We have achieved during the recent days big progress but it's not enough and we need to exchange more views between the participants," he said.
"It's a step in the right direction. Now we have to go on and we have to give momentum to this process.""It's a step in the right direction. Now we have to go on and we have to give momentum to this process."
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Berne says the talks failed to achieve the fundamental thing that the UN wanted - a ceasefire that holds.The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Berne says the talks failed to achieve the fundamental thing that the UN wanted - a ceasefire that holds.
To address that, a de-escalation committee has been created in which military leaders from both sides will take part.To address that, a de-escalation committee has been created in which military leaders from both sides will take part.
If a more lasting ceasefire can be created, our correspondent adds, other steps to peace may follow such as the release of prisoners and the withdrawal of heavy weapons.If a more lasting ceasefire can be created, our correspondent adds, other steps to peace may follow such as the release of prisoners and the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
The Houthi rebels forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee the capital, Sanaa, in February.The Houthi rebels forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee the capital, Sanaa, in February.
But in March a Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign in support of the government.But in March a Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign in support of the government.
Since then, at least 5,700 people, almost half of them civilians, have been killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground. Since then, at least 5,884 people, almost half of them civilians, have been killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground.
Why is there fighting in Yemen?Why is there fighting in Yemen?