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| Prez of Yemen declares an end to Sa'ada fighting |
| 2008-07-22 |
| SANA'A, July 20 -- President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced on Thursday that fighting with Houthi supporters in Sa'ada, Amran and Sana'a governorates has ended. The announcement came during a brief speech he gave while inaugurating summer camps for youths affiliated with the ruling General People's Congress on the occasion of his 30th anniversary in power. "Dialogue is the civilized means to resolve conflict because dialogue is better than bloodshed," Saleh remarked, further accusing unnamed political forces of politicizing the issues in a sectarian and racial manner. Saleh didn't reveal how the fifth war with Houthis ended; therefore, neither did any official source dare to clarify the details. Media reports, once released by Houthi field leader Abdulmalik Al-Houthi on a daily basis, have ceased since Thursday. |
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