Yemeni city Taiz ‘seized by Shia rebels’

Residents took to the streets in protest and one was killed as the rebels fired on them and used tear gas.
The insurgents already hold the capital, Sanaa, after overthrowing President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi in February. He fled to Aden in the south.
Instability has been growing in Yemen, where al-Qaeda and Islamic State sympathisers also pose a threat.
On Saturday, the US said it was withdrawing its troops from the country due to the worsening security situation.
The US evacuated a southern military base seen as key to its use of drones against al-Qaeda militants.

 

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