Fighting Continues in Yemen Despite Truce

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen are on hold Monday at the start of a five-day humanitarian truce, although intense ground fighting continues in some areas after Houthi rebels rejected the cease-fire. Rebel attacks were reported Monday in parts of the south of the country. The coalition that has been fighting the Iranian-allied Houthi Shi'ite rebels with air attacks for the past four months declared the temporary truce to allow badly needed emergency supplies into...

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