Yemen talks end without ceasefire, air strikes hit Republican Guards

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* U.N. envoy says factions receptive to truce in principle * Aims to pursue agreement in consultations over coming days * Talks are "useful start" of probable long process - U.S. * Saudi-led coalition jets target Houthi-allied Guards * U.N. makes revised $1.6 billion appeal for civilian aid (Adds comments by Houthis in paragraphs 11-14) By Tom Miles and Mohammed Ghobari GENEVA/SANAA, June 19 (Reuters) - U.N.-sponsored talks in Geneva on a ceasefire between Yemen's warring parties ended on Friday without a deal as Saudi-led warplanes staged further strikes on the dominant Houthi armed faction and allies including elite Republican Guards. More than 2,800 people have been killed since an Arab alliance began air raids on March 26 to try to roll back the Iranian-backed Houthis' advances across much of Yemen and reinstate exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

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