Thousands Protest Against Houthi Rule in Yemen

Yemenis in the central city of Taiz and the capital Sanaa held the largest protests yet against a takeover by a Shi'ite Muslim militia group on Wednesday after the United States, Britain and France shut their embassies in Yemen over security fears. The Iranian-backed Houthi movement has called its seizure of power in Yemen a "revolution" and says it wants to rid the country of corruption and economic peril. Yemen has long been at the forefront of the U.S.-led war against...

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