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| Yemen crisis: Thousands rally in Sanaa amid power vacuum |
| 2015-01-24 |
| [BBC] Thousands have been marching for and against Shia Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels amid a dangerous power vacuum following the resignation of Yemen's leaders. President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi said he could no longer stay in office as the country was in "total deadlock" after a stand off with the rebels. Yemen's parliament is to hold a crisis meeting to discuss whether it will accept Mr Hadi's offer Meanwhile, ...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber... aid agency Oxfam says Yemen is nearing a humanitarian catastrophe. It warned in a new report released on Friday that the country was on "the brink of humanitarian disaster with millions of lives at risk", saying that half of its population was in need of humanitarian aid. The Houthis, who seized the presidential palace earlier this week, have also encircled the parliament building and the houses of the defence minister and the intelligence chief, the AFP news agency reported. |
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