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The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire that will take effect shortly.

The war in Yemen began in 2014 when Shiite rebels known as Houthis based in the north seized the capital, Sanaa. In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies launched a campaign of airstrikes against the rebels. The Saudi-led coalition and the United States are backing the internationally recognized government of Yemen's president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

More than 4,000 civilians have been killed and 3 million of the country's 26 million people have been driven from their homes by the fighting. Hunger has become widespread in the Arab world's poorest country.

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