Militias attack Yemen president's private home: minister

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Reuters

Militia fighters bombarded the private residence of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Tuesday in an effort to overthrow the government, the country's information minister said.
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"Yemeni president under attack by armed militias seeking the overthrow of the ruling system," Information Minister Nadia al-Saqqaf said on Twitter on Tuesday evening.
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A government official said two people were killed in the fighting.

Earlier on Tuesday, Houthi fighters had entered Yemen's presidential palace after a brief clash with security guards, witnesses and security sources told Reuters.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/20/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0KT1JK20150120

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. How long will it take for American intervention there again?

I know we are sporadically droning there.
I suspect that Isis is looking at Yemen as a back door into Saudi Arabia, now that the wall between the Saudis and Iraq seems to be complete.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. The Houthis are a Shi'ite Muslim group

so if they're gaining the upper hand there, it'd be more difficult for ISIS to do anything there.