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Deadly Attack on Yemen Tribal Chief Sparks Ambush
[AnNahar] Four bodyguards of a Sunni tribal chief were killed on Sunday near Yemen's capital by Shiite The four were killed when the militiamen, also known as Huthis, blew up the house of Sheikh Yahia Taqi of the Islamist al-Islah party at al-Makarib in the Arhab area, the source said. Local tribes then ambushed an Ansarullah convoy of four vehicles carrying reinforcements, "killing or wounding around 30," a local official said. Arhab, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Sanaa, fell to the Shiite Ansarullah's rise in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country has undermined the authority of U.S. ally President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, and Yemen remains wracked by violence despite U.N. efforts to broker a political solution. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-12-22 |
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