ADEN, Yemen—Separatist forces in Yemen seized a vital military base in the southern city of Aden on Tuesday, in clashes that exposed a widening division among Yemeni factions allied with Saudi Arabia in its war against Houthi rebels. The fighting has pitted forces loyal to the war-torn country’s president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, against separatists who want an independent southern Yemeni state. The latest upheaval comes after almost three years of war between a Saudi-led military coalition and its Yemeni allies—which include...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 30, 2018 12:11 UTC