也门交战双方准备再次和谈

Envoys from Yemen's warring parties are in Kuwait to resume U.N.-brokered peace talks Monday aimed at ending an 18-month conflict that has killed more than 6,000 people.

The fighting between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and pro-government forces that include Saudi-led coalition airstrikes has also created a humanitarian crisis in the region's poorest country.

"We are ready for a political transition which excludes no one," Yemen Foreign Minister Abdel Malek said ahead of Monday's talks.

The Houthis also hinted at reconciliation, with spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam using Kuwaiti media to call for "a consensus authority during a definite transitional phase to decide every political dispute."

The U.N. sponsored two rounds of peace talks last year, neither successful.