Thursday, August 25, 2016

U.S. Proposes A New Round Of Peace Talks For Yemen

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Al Jazeera: US pushes for new Yemen peace initiative

US, UN and Gulf Arab states agree to offer Houthi rebels participation in unity government to end 18-month conflict.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced a new initiative to restart Yemen peace talks, offering Houthi rebels participation in the country's unity government in exchange for a transfer of their heavy weapons to a third party.

Kerry said on Thursday that the "fair and sensible approach" to end the 18-month conflict was agreed in talks with Gulf Arab states and the United Nations in Saudi Arabia.

"The bloodshed ... has gone on for too long," he said, speaking at a press conference with his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in the Saudi city of Jeddah. "It has to stop ... There is no military solution."

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More News On The Yemen War

Kerry outlines new Yemen peace push -- AFP
Kerry, UN Propose New Peace Talks for Yemen -- VOA
Kerry in Saudi Arabia for meetings on Yemen war impasse. -- Military Times
US, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE Find New Approach to Yemeni Conflict -- Sputnik
Yemen's children die from bombs, bullets, hunger -- ABC News Online
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes #1 cause of civilian deaths in Yemen – UN body. -- RT
Transparency, accountability, needed on Saudi air strikes in Yemen: U.N. -- Reuters
UN calls for international probe into Yemen violations. -- Al Jazeera
The Death Toll in Yemen Is So High the Red Cross Has Started Donating Morgues to Hospitals -- The Intercept
More than three million displaced in Yemen – joint UN agency report -- UN News Centre
'Why do they target us?' Yemeni civilians pay the price of escalating crisis -- Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian
Key facts about the war in Yemen -- Al Jazeera

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