More than 5800 people have died in war between Saudi-backed Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi government and Houthis faithful to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh Peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties have begun under UN auspices at an undisclosed location in Switzerland,aimed at clinching a permanent ceasefire and a political transition, the world body said. “The UN-sponsored consultations aimed at finding a durable solution to the Yemen crisis started today in Switzerland. These consultations seek to set up a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire, or secure improvements to the humanitarian situation and a return to a peaceful and orderly political transition,” said a statement read out by UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi to a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com