BBC: Yemen peace talks under way as ceasefire begins
Yemen's warring parties have begun UN-backed peace talks in Switzerland, as a seven-day ceasefire came into effect.
The UN says the talks between the government, the Houthi rebel movement and its allies aimed to find a "durable settlement" to the months-long crisis.
About 6,000 people, almost half of them civilians, have been killed since a Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign against the rebels in March.
The coalition is seeking to drive back the Houthis and restore the government.
Representatives of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Houthis and the General People's Congress party of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh - whose loyalists in the security forces have backed the rebels - are meeting near the town of Biel.
The Saudi-led coalition is not involved in the talks, which are expected to last all week.
More News On The Start Of Peace Talks To End The Yemen Conflict
Yemen Agrees to Cease-Fire With Rebels as Peace Talks Begin -- NYT
Yemen peace talks underway in Switzerland as forces on both sides ignore weeklong cease-fire -- AP
Fragile Yemen ceasefire teeters as peace talks begin -- AFP
U.N.-sponsored Yemen peace talks start, ceasefire takes effect: U.N. -- Reuters
Yemen ceasefire takes effect as U.N. talks open -- Al Arabiya
Yemen truce starts as warring sides meet in Switzerland -- Al Jazeera
Amid scattered violations of cease-fire, Yemen peace talks begin -- L.A. Times
Yemen ceasefire begins as warring sides gather for peace talks -- CNN
Peace Talks Begin In Switzerland As Cease-Fire Kicks Off In Yemen -- NPR
Guns fall silent as Yemen ceasefire begins -- DW
Yemen Ceasefire Provides Opening for Distribution of Medical Supplies -- VOA
Yemen: UN-sponsored peace talks kick off as ceasefire goes into effect -- UN News Centre
UN Chief Hails Start of Yemen Peace Talks, Cease-fire -- VOA
Will Talks on the Yemeni Conflict End the Fighting? -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
The Future of Yemen Hangs in the Balance at the UN Talks in Switzerland -- Samuel Oakford, VICE News
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In other news,
Putin Meets Cookie Monster.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWSUPudXAAUHI48.png
Putin: "My, what big eyes you have."
Cookie Monster: "Me think Russia look like big Cookie."
RRH. I am having cookies with my tea right now. :)
http://sputniknews.com/columnists/20151215/1031786484/russia-ready-war.html
Now, if I were a cookie monster, I'd be not so inclined to try and eat a Russian's cookies without their permission; tea notwithstanding.
I missed the Sputnik article on complete war. Thanks for the link. It will be posted later tonight.
I am eating cookies from my neighbourhood Russian/Polish store of course.
Just a bit of advice, if you like your snack, don't advertise that store if you think State Department officials read your blog. Nuland's appetite for Slavic cookies is insatiable. I'll bet the Russians hid them all before her visit; that's why she looks so grumpy.
I hope she never discovers those maple leaf shaped cookies with the creamy middle.
Yeeeeeeeeeeesessh....
My mom loves those maple leaf shaped cookies with the creamy middle. Traitor. :(
WNU Editor,
It's the maple sugar cream filling.
One of "our" secret weapons.
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/yemeni-saudi-ceasefire-broken-preliminary-reports/
Well, apparently, that didn't take long.
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