Tweet – An informal ceasefire between President Ali Abdullah Salehs security forces and a tribal group brought a pause in fighting on Saturday after nearly a week of deadly clashes left Yemen close to civil war. Fighting this week has killed some 115 people, prompted thousands of residents to flee Sanaa and raised the spectre of chaos that could benefit the Yemen-based branch of Al Qaeda and threaten adjacent Saudi Arabia, the worlds first oil exporter. The latest violence, pitting Saleh loyalist forces against members of the powerful Hashed tribe led by…
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