SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Veteran former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed in a roadside attack on Monday after switching sides in Yemen's civil war, abandoning his Iran-aligned Houthi allies in favour of a Saudi-led coalition, foes and supporters said. HOUTHI JUBILATIONSupporters of the Houthis drove through Sanaa's streets blasting celebratory war songs. In Washington, the United States called on all sides in Yemen to re-energize political negotiations to end the war, according to a Trump administration official. "The (Saudi-led) coalition may have put a lot of their eggs in Saleh's basket, only for it to fall over now. Residents said the warring sides traded heavy automatic and artillery fire as the Houthis advanced in the central Political District, a redoubt of Saleh and his family.

Source: The Star December 04, 2017 10:42 UTC