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Yemen: Rivals Agree to a Truce Yemen: Rivals Agree to a Truce
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The chairman of a Yemeni presidential committee said Monday that northern rebels and ultraconservative Salafist Islamists had agreed to a cease-fire after weeks of fighting. The official, Yahia Abu Issba, said that the Houthi rebels and the Salafists had signed a deal that called for the Salafists to leave the northern city of Damaj, the scene of one of the fiercest clashes, and that the military had started to send troops to the city to enforce the truce. Fighting erupted in November after the Houthis — who belong to the Zaydi sect, a Shiite branch — accused the Salafists of trying to gain a foothold in their territory and spread their school of Islam. Hundreds of people were killed or injured in the clashes between the groups. Several previous cease-fires have failed. The chairman of a Yemeni presidential committee said Monday that northern rebels and ultraconservative Salafist Islamists had agreed to a cease-fire after weeks of fighting. The official, Yahia Abu Issba, said that the Houthi rebels and the Salafists had signed a deal that called for the Salafists to leave the northern city of Damaj, the scene of one of the fiercest clashes.