Shi'ite-Sunni ceasefire takes hold in north Yemen

An artist paints a graffiti depicting men aiming firearms at themselves, in Sanaa January 9, 2014. The paint is part of a graffiti campaign against armed conflicts in Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

SANAA (Reuters) - Fighting in north Yemen between Shi'ite Muslim Houthis and Sunni Salafis stopped on Saturday as a ceasefire deal took hold, according to a presidential committee trying to help end the conflict.

More than 100 people have been killed since violence erupted on October 30 when the Houthi rebels who control much of Saada province on the Saudi border accused Salafis in the town of Damaj of recruiting thousands of foreign fighters to prepare to attack them.