Truce Slows Fighting In Yemen’s Capital -- New York Times
SANA, Yemen — A cease-fire announced by the government late Tuesday appeared to have dampened fighting here in the capital on Wednesday, but explosions and gunfire could still be heard, and a doctor reported that five more antigovernment protesters had been killed.
The truce was called between government forces and troops commanded by a general who defected months ago to protect the demonstrators against a government crackdown. The protesters have been staging a sit-in in the city for months to try to oust the country’s longtime autocratic ruler, but the fighting that erupted Sunday was the most violent period of the revolt.
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