Yemen Peace Talks Begin In Sweden, As Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government agreed to a prisoner swap, setting a positive note for the start of the talks. These are the first peace talks in more than two years.
Updated at 3:47 p.m. ET
For the first time in more than two years the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels are holding peace talks, with half of Yemen's population facing starvation as a result of the civil war.
Representatives of both sides came face-to-face in a castle in Sweden.
The parley, mediated by the United Nations, was not expected to produce an immediate
