UN: Yemen Peace Talks to Begin Next Week

Talks to end more than a year of violence in Yemen will begin December 15, the U.N envoy overseeing discussions announced Monday. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the exiled government representatives and Houthi rebels who overran the capital late last year have committed to participate in peace negotiations in Switzerland next week. Officials from the General People's Congress who are loyalists of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh are also expected at the meeting. Internal clashes...

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