Yemeni government troops retreat from cease-fire area in Sanaa: official
11:50, June 06, 2011

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The fresh act is based on a Saudi-mediated cease-fire.
"The vice president ordered to remove government troops and new- established security checkpoints in Hassaba district," official sources told Xinhua.
Meanwhile, an aide at the office of opposition tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar, told Xinhua that "al-Ahmar welcomed the directions of Vice President Hadi and regarded it a positive step to restore stability in the region."
Government officials said Hadi formed on Sunday a committee headed by Brigadier Ghalib al-Gamish, chief of Yemen's intelligence body, to supervise the implementation of his directions in order to cement the Saudi-brokered truce.
The truce took effect on Friday, according to Hussein al-Ahmar in northern Amran province, a brother of the opposition leader Sadiq al-Ahmar.
However, residents in Hassaba district said they still heard a series of huge explosions and sporadic heavy shootings on Sunday evening.
The terms of agreed cease-fire deal have not been revealed to media yet. The new development in the Yemeni political arena came a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh left for the Saudi capital of Riyadh to treat injures he sustained in a shell attack on his palace on Friday.
Source:Xinhua
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(Editor:黄蓓蓓)


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