The Houthis Have Officially Taken Over Yemen

(Slate) Joshua Keating - The apparent coup in Yemen last month, when President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned after Houthi rebels occupied his palace, is now official. After the failure of UN-brokered power-sharing talks, Hadi and his cabinet are being held under house arrest. Mohammad al-Houthi, the brother of Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, is now the country's de facto leader.


2015-02-09 00:00:00

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