Yemen rebels take port city, province near capital

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12. Yemen’s Al Houthis demand recruitment in army

Sana’a: Al Houthi rebels have demanded the newly appointed government to recruit thousands of their supporters into the army and security forces, a month after they tightened their grip on Sana’a and many other provinces in northern Yemen.

Al Houthi rebels have been in the centre of the political landscape in the troubled country since they gained control of key government buildings in the capital on September 21. They forced the government to resign and forced it to reverse the controversial lifting of fuel subsidies.

Ali Al Bikhiti, a spokesman for the group, recently said in an article published in the local press that Al Houthis should be treated like the Islamist Islah party whose followers were allegedly recruited in the thousands when they triumphed over the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2011.

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