Yemen's warring parties agree on first phase of redeployment -U.N.

Yemeni government and Houthi representatives have reached an agreement on "Phase 1" of their mutual redeployment of forces under a U.N.-sponsored deal for the warring armies to leave the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, the United Nations said on Sunday.

"The parties reached an agreement on Phase 1 of the mutual redeployment of forces," a statement by the U.N. spokesman's office said without giving details of exactly what the Iranian-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-backed government agreed. (Reporting By Michelle Nichols at the United Nations and Aziz El Yaakoubi in Dubai; Writing by Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Sandra Maler)