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Significance
Their resumption follows President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi's decision to suspend his government's participation in protest at the Huthi forces' seizure of a military base north of Sana'a on May 1. Both sides have broken the ceasefire when it suits them as they seek to improve their bargaining position by making gains on the ground.
Impacts
A peace deal will enable urgently needed humanitarian relief operations and repairs of war damage.
Al-Qaida has been driven out, not defeated in the south, and is likely to return if war resumes.
Hydrocarbon exports are unlikely to restart until a peace agreement is in place.
The longer the fighting continues, the greater the pressure on Western allies to criticise Saudi prosecution of the war openly.
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