Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Saudi officials on Wednesday announced they had launched a military operation in neighboring Yemen, after Shiite rebels believed backed by Iran swept toward that country's second-largest city and forced the president to flee. The Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, made the announcement on Wednesday evening. The fall of Aden to the rebels, known as Houthis, would give the insurgents control of both the capital, Sanaa, and the country's main sea gateway. It could mark the end of Hadi's bid to stay in power, and the beginning of a fiefdom-versus-fiefdom civil war in a country that has been a critical front in the U.S.-led war against al-Qaeda. |
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