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03 May 2024

Yemen talks end, to resume on January 14

Commander of the First Infantry Brigade in the Yemeni army Brigadier Hashim Al Ahmar (second from right), and a Saudi army officer (right) tour an area taken by forces loyal to Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from Houthi rebels in Majaz district of Yemen's northwestern province of Marib on December 18, 2015. (Reuters)

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By Reuters

Yemeni peace talks concluded in Switzerland on Sunday without an agreement to end nine months of civil war and foreign intervention, but rival factions will resume negotiations on January 14, a government delegation source told Reuters.

Analysts believe the latest round of talks represented the best chance yet to end the conflict given months of stalemate in ground combat.

"The first round of Yemeni discussions ended with an agreement for them to be revived ... in Ethiopia on the 14th of January," the source told Reuters.

It remains unclear whether the two sides have agreed to renew a troubled ceasefire which coincided with the start of the United Nations-backed talks on December 15.