Thousands of people have demonstrated in Yemen against the Houthis, a minority Shi’ite group that now dominates the country. Two days ago it forced the president and prime minister to step down, leaving the country in political limbo.<br /><br />Ramzi al-Amri was at Saturday’s rally, one of the biggest since the Houthis started their push for power.<br /><br />“We are protesting now to overthrow the armed militias and kick them out of the capital Sanaa,” he said.<br /><br />Meanwhile two US security officials said the collapse of Yemen’s US-backed government has “paralysed” America’s counter-terrorism campaign, a big setback for its fight against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the most active branch of the militant network.<br /><br />That’s significant because it was the Yemeni affiliate of al-Qaeda that claimed responsibility for this month’s Paris attacks that killed 17 people.
