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#Yemen air raids kill 70 rebels
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The Yemeni air force bombed fighters north of Sanaa on Saturday in fighting that killed at least 70 people, local officials said, after a truce reached last month between the insurgents and government forces collapsed. The fighting in northern Yemen, which has taken on a sectarian tone, is further destabilising a country struggling to overcome a range of problems including a secessionist movement in its south and the nationwide spread of an al Qaeda insurgency. read more

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Yemeni rebels agree to truce with pro-government tribes
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Yemeni rebels clashed with pro-government tribes close to the capital on before agreeing to a truce on Thursday, tribal sources said. The Huthi rebels have attempted to expand their hoped-for autonomous unit in a promised federal #Yemen, but they were met with resistance from tribes loyal to the historic leading family of the huge Hashid confederation and its ally Islah party. Clashes erupted late Wednesday in the Arhab district, 35 kilometers north of the capital and close to Sanaa International Airport, shattering a fledgling truce, a tribal chief told AFP. read more

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