An uneasy calm returned to the Yemeni capital on Monday as talks were underway between ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces and Shia Huthi rebels following unprecedented violence between the two allies. Cracks have emerged in the rebel alliance between Saleh and Huthi leader Abdul Malik al-Huthi, with tensions spilling over into the streets at the weekend when a colonel with Saleh's forces and two Huthis were killed in a shootout.
Witnesses and a military source in Sanaa, which is jointly controlled by the alliance, said armed rebels and forces loyal to the ex-president have slowly begun to withdraw from the streets, after a heavy deployment following a dispute that led to Saturday's shootout. A security source, declining to be named, said a mediation committee had been set up to try to restore ties between the two rebel forces.
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