The leader of Yemen's northern rebels said Saturday he was ready to accept government conditions for a ceasefire to bring a halt to an intensifying war that has devastated the area and even drawn in the military of neighboring Saudi Arabia. Yemen has come under international pressure to quickly end more than five years of sporadic battles with the rebels to free up resources to confront a separate threat from an Al-Qaeda offshoot that established a base of operations in the country a year ago. In an audio recording posted on websites Saturday, rebel leader Abdel-Malek Al-Houthi said the “unjust” war against the rebels has only brought destruction, weakened the government and caused international interference in Yemen's affairs.
