Yemen rebels take port city, province near capital

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8. Scores of rebels killed in Yemen fighting Fighting between Houthi rebels and Sunni tribesman leaves

Renewed fighting between Sunni tribesmen and Shia Houthi rebels advancing into a town in central Yemen has killed dozens of people, as part of a growing struggle over territory and influence between the two sides.

Sources told Al Jazeera on Monday that clashes between Houthi fighters and Sunni tribes backed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) killed 67 Houthis in the Radaa district of Bayda province, 130km south east of Sanaa.

An attack on a Houthi gathering killed 23 Shia fighters, 15 were killed in a suicide car bombing and 29 others were killed by shelling and an attack at two posts.

Intense fighting erupted overnight, with the town rocked by explosions, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery by both sides.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/scores-rebels-killed-yemen-fighting-2014102012235242304.html