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4. Yemen's Houthi rebels storm governor's house

Sun Oct 19, 2014, 10:26 AM

Oct 2014

Yemen's Houthi rebels have stormed the office and home of the governor of Sanaa, after blowing up the house of a politician in Ibb province, where they had agreed to a ceasefire with local tribesmen, officials said.

The rebels struck the house of a senior member of rival political group, the al-Islah party, in Yarim in Ibb province, just hours after signing the truce, while Iran gave its public backing to the Houthis.

The Houthis have now taken control of Yarim, located about 170km south of Sanaa, where they received no resistance from the army.

Yarim has a population of more than 100,000 and lies along the main road to Yemen's southern provinces

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/yemen-houthi-rebels-storm-governor-house-2014101992733886793.html

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