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Report says US officials met with Yemen’s Houthis in bid to end war

Timothy Lenderking sat down with the Houthis' lead negotiator late last month.

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US special envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking speaks via teleconference during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Feb. 16, 2021. At right is State Department spokesman Ned Price. — ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Biden administration opened talks with Houthi rebel leaders late last month in a bid to end Yemen’s civil war, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Timothy Lenderking, the lead US envoy on the Yemen crisis, met with Houthi chief negotiator Mohammed Abdul-Salam in Oman’s capital, Muscat, on Feb. 26.

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