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UN Yemen envoy indicates new truce may be agreed

Yemen’s devastating conflict began in 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthis seized the capital and much of northern Yemen and forced the government into exile [File: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]

The prospects of a renewed truce in Yemen have grown, according to the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, as regional and international diplomatic activity to end the country’s eight-year conflict intensifies.

Hans Grundberg, addressing a UN Security Council briefing on Monday, more than three months after an initial truce pact expired, said there had been “a potential step change” in the conflict’s trajectory, though the situation remained “complex and fluid”.

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