Monday, October 20, 2014

Heavy Fighting Reported Throughout Yemen As Sectarian Conflict Spreads



Scores Of Rebels Killed In Yemen Fighting -- Al Jazeera

Fighting between Houthi rebels and Sunni tribesman leaves 67 Houthis dead, as clashes rage for control of territory.

Renewed fighting between Sunni tribesmen and Shia Houthi rebels advancing into a town in central Yemen has killed dozens of people, as part of a growing struggle over territory and influence between the two sides.

Sources told Al Jazeera on Monday that clashes between Houthi fighters and Sunni tribes backed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) killed 67 Houthis in the Radaa district of Bayda province, 130km south east of Sanaa.

An attack on a Houthi gathering killed 23 Shia fighters, 15 were killed in a suicide car bombing and 29 others were killed by shelling and an attack at two posts.

Intense fighting erupted overnight, with the town rocked by explosions, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery by both sides.

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More News On The Growing Crisis In Yemen

Yemen's Shiite Rebels Take Town South of Capital -- AP
Yemen's Houthis push south into Ibb -- Al Jazeera
Qaeda kills 20 Shiite rebels in fresh Yemen clashes -- AFP
Qaeda insurgents kill 18 Houthis as Yemen sectarian conflict spreads -- Reuters
Dozens dead in Yemen as Shiite rebels fight Sunnis -- AFP
Yemen's Houthi rebels storm governor's house -- Al Jazeera
Yemen unravels -- Salt Lake Tribune/Washington Post
Yemen could become the next Syria and Iraq -- RT

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