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             Yemen's Warring Sides Gather for Another Try at Peace

   by VOA News

   Envoys from Yemen's warring parties are in Kuwait to resume
   U.N.-brokered peace talks Monday aimed at ending an 18-month conflict
   that has killed more than 6,000 people.

   The fighting between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and pro-government
   forces that include Saudi-led coalition airstrikes has also created a
   humanitarian crisis in the region's poorest country.

   "We are ready for a political transition which excludes no one... and
   we will give everything we can to alleviate the suffering," Yemen
   Foreign Minister Abdel Malek told the state news agency, Saba, ahead of
   Monday's talks.

   The Houthis also hinted at reconciliation, with spokesman Mohammed
   Abdul-Salam using Kuwaiti media to call for "a consensus authority
   during a definite transitional phase to decide every political
   dispute."

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   The U.N. sponsored two rounds of peace talks last year, neither
   successful, with December negotiations crumbling amid fierce fighting.

   Monday's talks come with a week-old cease-fire in place, though both
   sides have reported violations.

   U.N. envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said last week the
   country is at a "critical crossroad" where one path leads to peace and
   the other to a worsening security and humanitarian situation.  He told
   the U.N. Security Council that success at the peace talks will require
   "difficult compromises from all sides, as well as determination to
   reach an agreement."

   Yemen's U.N. envoy Khaled Alyemany told reporters the talks could yield
   concrete results. "If they fail," he warned, "it will be a repetition
   of the cycle of violence."

   The Houthis seized Yemen's capital, Sana'a in September 2014, and in
   March of last year launched an offensive to the south that sent
   President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi fleeing to Saudi Arabia.  The Saudis
   responded by launching their airstrikes in defense of Hadi's
   government.
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