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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen extends unilateral truce by one month

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi rebels in Yemen has announced it's extending a cease-fire another month to allow for UN-brokered negotiations as well as efforts to control the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels announced Friday it was extending a unilateral cease-fire by another month as part of efforts to rein in the war-torn country’s COVID-19 outbreak. 

Citing coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported the cease-fire, which began Thursday, would allow for UN-brokered negotiations between the two parties. 

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