UN Envoy Arrives in Yemen to Try to Advance Peace Talks

The U.N. envoy to Yemen met President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi on Saturday to discuss prospects for peace talks between his embattled Aden-based government and Houthi forces, a source close to Yemen's president said. Forces loyal to Hadi, backed by mainly Gulf Arab states, have been locked in eight months of civil war with the Iran-allied Houthis who rule the capital, Sana'a. Previous U.N.-led efforts to end the conflict through dialogue have failed as battles rage across the...

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