A spokesman for Jordan’s Foreign Ministry
says the country will host a round of UN-backed talks between the
internationally recognized government of Yemen and the Iran-backed
Houthi militia, about a prisoner swap deal next week.
Sufian Al-Qudah said Saturday that Jordan agreed to host the Yemenis at the UN’s request.
The conflict in Yemen began after the Houthis took over the capital
Sanaa in September 2014, and it was exacerbated when a Saudi-led
coalition, supported by the US, launched a campaign in 2015 to reinstall
the government.
The prisoner exchange agreement was reached during talks in Sweden in
December, an effort to end a war that has put Yemen on the brink of
famine. Most other attempts have failed.
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