Gulf News/AFP: Yemen peace talks resume in Kuwait
Rebel delegation wants political transition before disarming and vacating territories
Kuwait City: Delayed peace talks aimed at ending 13 months of conflict in Yemen resumed on Friday, a day after UN mediators finally managed to get warring sides to the table.
The United Nations hopes negotiations — which were originally due to begin on Monday — will put a stop to fighting across Yemen that has killed more than 6,800 people and driven 2.8 million from their homes since March last year.
The talks resumed on Friday afternoon, Sharbel Raji, spokesman for UN envoy Esmail Ould Shaikh Ahmad, said.
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