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Yemen: Two Warring Sides Take a Tentative Step Toward Peace

Dec 13, 2018 | 21:05 GMT

(Stratfor)

At long last, there might finally be light at the end of Yemen's dark tunnel [LINK In Yemen, New Conflicts Raise Familiar Questions]. In the final session of weeklong peace talks in Sweden between the country's warring parties, the two sides agreed to a future cease-fire in the critical port city of al-Hudaydah and the establishment of a humanitarian corridor in Taiz. This follows a tentative agreement earlier in the week to exchange prisoners and reopen Sanaa's airport to flights, so long as the planes are inspected in a coalition-controlled airport first. A number of major sticking points remain, but Yemen's warring parties have finally provided a glimmer of hope for peace. ...

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