Yemen has freed more than 600 Shia Muslim rebels as part of an amnesty that hopes to put an end to two years of clashes in the poor Arab state, officials said on Friday.
"Under the presidential amnesty, 627 people were freed. There are still 36 detainees who are already on trial now. They may be pardoned after their trial," a security official said. A group of parliament members held talks with supporters of anti-American cleric Hussein al-Houthi in recent weeks to encourage the rebels to stop fighting under an amnesty offered by President Ali Abdullah Saleh in September.
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