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| Clashes End Truce between Yemen Army and Huthi Rebels | |
| 2014-06-16 | |
...an idea whose time has gone... envoy Jamal Benomar. The renewed fighting in the northern province of Amran had shut off the road linking it to the capital, the sources said. Clashes spread to the adjacent Sanaa province, where troops and rebels used heavy weapons in intense fighting in the Jarban and Jaess areas, according to the same sources. It was not immediately possible to give a casualty toll, the sources said. Government officials and representatives of the Houthis, also known as Ansarullah, reached a ceasefire deal on June 4 to end festivities in Amran province. The agreement stipulated both sides would stop bringing military reinforcements to the area, impartial military monitors would be deployed, and the main road to the capital Sanaa reopened. Huthis are suspected of trying to expand their sphere of influence as Yemen is split into six regions, pushing out from their mountain strongholds in the far north to areas closer to Sanaa. The rebels complained Yemen would be divided into rich and poor regions under a federalization plan agreed in February following national talks as part of a political transition. Huthis have been fighting the central government for years, complaining of marginalization under ex-president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , who was ousted in a 2012 uprising. In February, they seized areas of Amran province in fighting with tribes that killed more than 150 people. | |
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