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| Yemen announces truce with rebels | Yemen announces truce with rebels |
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| The Yemeni authorities have announced a ceasefire with Shia rebels fighting government forces in the north. | The Yemeni authorities have announced a ceasefire with Shia rebels fighting government forces in the north. |
| The truce is to start at midnight local time and comes after days of the government and rebels exchanging proposals on how to end the conflict. | The truce is to start at midnight local time and comes after days of the government and rebels exchanging proposals on how to end the conflict. |
| The government launched its latest offensive against the rebels, known as Houthis, last August. | The government launched its latest offensive against the rebels, known as Houthis, last August. |
| Saudi Arabia has been drawn into the conflict, which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. | Saudi Arabia has been drawn into the conflict, which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. |
| News of the ceasefire was issued in a presidential decree which was read out on state television, according to the AFP news agency. | |
| "We decided to stop military operations in the north-west from midnight," the Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, declared. | |
| There has been no immediate response from the rebels. |