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Saturday 29 December 2018

Yemen's Houthi forces start redeployment in Hodeidah as part of U.N. deal: U.N. source

Yemen's Houthi forces have started to redeploy inside the port city of Hodeidah as part of the U.N.-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this month, a U.N. source said on Saturday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2CDEBXQ

Amos Oz, author who chronicled Israel's struggles, dead at 79

Amos Oz, Israel's best-known author and an outspoken supporter of a two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians, died of cancer at the age of 79 on Friday, his daughter said.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2rYh5P9

UAE reopens embassy in Syrian capital closed in 2011

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Syria's capital on Thursday for the first time in seven years, a reflection of improved relations between President Bashar Assad and some of his Arab foes as the war winds down.

The Latest: Community vigil honors slain California officer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a California officer (all times local):

Syria army enters Manbij in new alliance with Kurds

The Syrian army entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years on Friday, a spokesman said in a televised statement. The announcement came moments after the Kurds, left exposed by a US pledge to pull out its own troops, asked for the regime's help to face a threatened Turkish offensive. The Syrian army spokesman said the national flag was raised in Manbij, a key city which lies about 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the Turkish border.