Hundreds of Thousands in Yemen March in Support of Rebels

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis marched on Saturday in support of Shi’ite Houthi rebels and their ally, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The march in the rebel-held capital, Sana’a, was in support of a new combined governing council the rebels and Saleh announced late last month, but which was immediately rejected by the internationally recognized government and the United Nations. Saleh was forced to step down in 2012 amid Arab Spring protests after more than three decades in...

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