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bemildred

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3. Yemen agrees new ceasefire after Ibb fighting

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Sat Oct 18, 2014, 06:02 PM

Oct 2014

Tribesmen and Shia Houthi fighters have signed an agreement that should end hostilities in Yemen's Ibb province, after renewed fighting breached a day-long ceasefire pact.

The second ceasefire, which was signed on Saturday, states as a condition the safe withdrawal of all Houthi fighters from Ibb.

A 24-hour ceasefire agreement between the warring sides was reached on Friday, interrupted by the death of at least 20 people in fighting on Saturday. Violence erupted when tribesmen set up a checkpoint in Yareem town to prevent the Houthis from entering the provincial capital of Ibb.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/yemen-ceasefire-broken-as-fighting-resumes-2014101893314161841.html

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