Sanaa: A Yemeni opposition armed group announced cease-fire with the government to end five days streets battles, news agencies reported.
“There is a ceasefire between our fighters and President Saleh’s forces in Hassaba district in downtown Sanaa,” said Sadiq al-Ahmar, chief of the powerful tribal coalition Hashid.
Al-Ahmar confirmed the cease-fire deal following Friday prayer outside Sanaa University, in which tens of thousands of anti- government protesters mourned the death of 30 members of al-Ahmar’ s fighters.He said the deal was brokered by a tribal mediation.
According to a source at al-Ahmar’s office, the cease-fire deal stipulated that al-Ahmar should hand over the government buildings they had occupied to the mediation committee within two days.
The pitched street battles erupted on Monday, a day after President Saleh’s refusal to sign a Gulf-brokered deal for the third time, which was considered by local observers as the beginning of a civil war.
The five-day-long battles have left hundreds of people dead as al-Ahmar’s fighters managed to seize several government buildings and ministries.
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