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5. Houthi rebels refuse to pull out of central province

Sun Oct 19, 2014, 02:31 PM

Oct 2014

Al Arabiya News, AP
Sunday, 19 October 2014

Houthi rebels in Yemen refused on Sunday to sign an deal that calls for their withdrawal from central Ibb Province, converting a university there into a military barracks, Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent reported.

Ibb University said it had suspended classes as a result of deployment of Houthi fighters.

The Houthis also seized the town of Yarim in Ibb Province, about 170 km south of Sanaa, early on Sunday. The town has a population of more than 100,000 and lies along the main road to Yemen's southern provinces.

On Saturday, the rebel group, widely suspected to have links with Iran, took over the house of a prominent Islamist politician in Yarim, setting off clashes that left 12 people dead.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/19/Houthi-rebels-refuse-to-pull-out-of-central-province-.html

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