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Yemen fears further violence: Both the president and rebels issue calls to arms

2015-03-21 11 Dailymotion

More violence is feared in Yemen as the country reels from a spate of suicide bombings. <br /><br /> In his first public speech since escaping house arrest and fleeing Sanaa last month, President Abed Rabbo Monsour Hadi accused the Shi’ite rebels ruling the capital of staging a coup against him. <br /><br /> He made a call to arms from the southern city of Aden, which he named the new temporary capital of Yemen:<br /><br /> “We are calling on the militants to pull out from all the ministries and government institutes. And also, to pull out of the capital Sana’a and other Yemeni cities,” he announced.<br /><br /> Known as Houthis, the Iranian-allied Shi’ite militia responded with its own call to arms to fight against troops loyal to the president.<br /><br /> Yemen is becoming increasingly more chaotic. Military and security officials say al-Qaeda militants have seized a southern city close to a US airbase near al-Houti, leading to the evacuation of troops stationed there.

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