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Wounded anti-government protesters lie on the ground as they receive medical help at a field hospital during clashes with security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, in 2011. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Wounded anti-government protesters lie on the ground as they receive medical help at a field hospital during clashes with security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, in 2011. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Mon 1 Feb 2021 00.00 EST
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Ten years after the rage and hope of the Arab spring filled the public spaces of Sana’a, Yemen’s capital has become a curiously quiet place.
Five Day Ceasefire in Yemen Houthi rebels in Yemen
NEW DELHI: Houthi rebels in Yemen have said that they will agree to a five-day humanitarian ceasefire that will enable aid to reach civilians after more than a month of airstrikes carried out by a Saudi-led coalition.
The announcement, referring to a ceasefire that is due to begin on Tuesday, was made on state news agency SABA that is currently under the control of the Houthis. The agency quoted Col. Sharaf Ghalib Luqman as saying that the rebels in the armed forces agreed to the ceasefire. Earlier, the Houthis had issued their own statement saying that they will cooperate with the ceasefire.
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