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Loyalist and rebel forces in Yemen each pledged to honour a truce which began at midnight Sunday (2100 GMT) ahead of new talks aimed at ending more than a year of war.
The Iran-backed Huthis, along with allied troops loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, have sent the United Nations a letter committing to “cease land, sea and air military operations” throughout Yemen, according to a communique carried by the rebel-run Saba news agency.