US: Yemen's Houthi Insurgents Holding 'Several' Americans

The U.S. State Department said Sunday that several Americans are being held by the Shi'ite Houthi insurgents in Yemen who ousted the American-backed government and are continuing their fight for control of the Arab world's poorest country. One newspaper, The Washington Post, reported that four U.S. nationals are believed to be held at a prison near the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, but that U.S. efforts to free them have been unsuccessful. The newspaper said none of those held is a...

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