ItcomesamidreneweddiplomacytoendthesixyearwarOndaTheUScallsitquits, sayingtheywouldendsupportfor a SaudiledcoalitionbackingtheYemenigovernment.
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N isurgingtheHouthistoreturntonegotiations, warningthefightingcouldcausemassdisplacement.
ThegasrichregionofMaribhasbeen a refugeforhundredsofthousandsofpeoplefleeingtheviolenceduringthecountry's sixyearoldwar.
Atthemassfunerals, thetoneisdefiant.
ReuterssourcessaythattheHouthismayhavelostmorefightersthanthegovernmentduringtheoffensive, withcoalitionforcesboastingairpower, onemilitarysourcescallingthesituation a bloodbath.