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| Three Killed as Police, Rebels Clash at Yemen Airport |
| 2014-11-12 |
| [AnNahar] Clashes at Sanaa airport between Yemeni police and Shiite rebel gunnies have left three dead, in a rare confrontation since the rebels overran the capital in September, a security official said Tuesday. Two coppers and a civilian were killed in the festivities that erupted overnight between police and gunnies based at the airport since the northern rebels seized the capital unopposed on September 21. The shootout caused a brief interruption of air traffic, the official said. It followed a strike by airport staff who demanded the withdrawal of the rebel gunnies from the airport. Complaints have recently been made by Western embassies that rebels stationed at the airport have opened their diplomatic mail, violating international conventions, sources at Yemen's foreign ministry said. The snuffies have also been insisting on boarding planes for inspection, aviation sources said, causing several airlines to delay resuming flights to Sanaa that were suspended on September 19 for security reasons. The rebels remain the main force in the capital. A U.N.-brokered agreement reached in September stipulated that the Houthis, also known as Ansarullah, would withdraw from Sanaa once a new prime minister is named. But they have rejected a new cabinet formed on Friday, insisting on a reshuffle that would keep out officials that they accuse of corruption. Since they overran Sanaa, the Huthis have expanded their control to coastal areas and regions south of the capital, where their fighters have met fierce resistance from Sunni tribes and Al-Qaeda. The turmoil has raised fears the Arabian Peninsula nation, which neighbors oil-rich Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and lies on the key shipping route from the Suez Canal to the Gulf, may become a failed state. |
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