UN says Yemen's warring sides agree to renew existing truce

SANAA, Yemen - The United Nations said Yemen's warring parties agreed Tuesday to renew an existing truce for two more months after concerted international efforts.

The already 4-month-old cease-fire has been the longest nationwide ease in fighting since the war began in the Arab world's poorest country nearly eight years ago.

The U.N. envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said in a statement that the country's internationally recognized government and the Houthi rebels also agreed to try to arrive at "an expanded truce agreement as soon as possible."

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