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Yemen committees monitoring cease-fire agree to begin work
By AP - Apr 16,2016 - Last updated at Apr 16,2016
SANAA — Local Yemeni committees tasked to monitor a week-old cease-fire between Yemen's internationally recognised government and Shiite rebels, agreed on Saturday to begin their work on the ground at six front-lines, security officials said.
The monitors in the city of Taiz have agreed to monitor the cease-fire as of 2pm local time and to exchange records of prisoners of war in preparation to release them, said security officials from the two sides of the civil war.
Following a prisoner exchange, local monitors also agreed to open roads to Taiz, which the rebels have besieged for nearly a year.
The cease-fire had begun last Sunday ahead of peace talks due to begin this week in Kuwait. However both sides have reported multiple truce violations by the other side.
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