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A spokesman for Jordan's Foreign Ministry said the country will host a round of U.N.-backed talks between Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and the resigned regime of former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, about a prisoner swap deal next week.
Sufian Al-Qudah said Saturday that Jordan agreed to host the Yemenis at the U.N.'s request.
The conflict in Yemen began in September 2014, and it was exacerbated when a Saudi-led coalition, supported by the U.S., launched a devastating air campaign in 2015 to reinstate the resigned Hadi regime.
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.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
