Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 23

SANAA -- The Yemeni government and the Houthi group agreed to end the banking dispute and resume flights from Houthi-held capital Sanaa, in a deal mediated by Saudi Arabia, the UN envoy for Yemen said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Yemeni government and the Houthi group informed a day earlier the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, that they agreed to de-escalate on these matters, s