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Saudis seek buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire – sources

Saudis seek buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire – sources

AZIZ EL YAAKOUBI  SAUDI Arabia has told Yemen's Houthis in high-level back-channel talks it would sign a UN proposal for a nationwide ceasefire if the Iran-aligned group agrees to a buffer zone along the kingdom's borders, three sources familiar with the matter said. If a deal is struck, it would mark the biggest breakthrough in efforts to reach a political settlement since the conflict - widely seen as a proxy war between arch-enemies Saudi Arabia and Iran - began in 2014. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden pledged in his election campaign to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the Middle East's…
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