Saleh’s forces and Houthis joined ranks in 2014 against Hadi’s government, forcing him to seek military intervention by his Gulf neighbours. Witnesses say that fighting has subsided in the Yemeni capital Sanaa hours after the announcement of the death of Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Al-Masirah TV network, run by the Shiite Houthis rebels, also showed footage of what appeared to be Saleh’s forces handing themselves in. ——4:30 p.m.A video by Yemen’s Houthi rebels allegedly shows the slain body of the country’s former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh. The rebel alliance splintered last week, setting off heavy clashes between the Houthis and Saleh’s forces.

Source: National Post December 04, 2017 13:03 UTC