Peace talks to take two-week break

Yemen’s warring parties are taking a two-week break in peace talks, the UN special envoy said on Wednesday, after more than two months of negotiations that made little headway. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the delegations would return to Kuwait on July 15 to “embark on a new phase” in the talks. The break follows […]

Yemen’s warring parties are taking a two-week break in peace talks, the UN special envoy said on Wednesday, after more than two months of negotiations that made little headway.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the delegations would return to Kuwait on July 15 to “embark on a new phase” in the talks.
The break follows a flare-up in violence across Yemen on Tuesday that killed 80 people, nearly half of them civilians.
It also coincides with Eid Al-Fitr, the feast that comes after the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
“After convening extensive discussions with the participants, we have established the main principles that will guide the next phase of Yemen talks,” Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement.