Yemen's Houthis seize provincial capital despite Saudi-led raids

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/09/us-yemen-security-airstrikes-idUSKBN0N00MR20150409

World | Thu Apr 9, 2015 5:52am EDT

Yemen's Houthis seize provincial capital despite Saudi-led raids

(Reuters) - Houthi fighters, backed by supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh entered the provincial capital of the mainly Sunni Shabwa province in eastern Yemen on Thursday, residents said, despite intense Saudi-led air strikes against the group.

Residents said local tribal chiefs and security officials facilitated the entry of the Houthi forces to the city of Ataq, where they took control of the offices of the local government and security forces compounds.
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The takeover brings the Houthis and Saleh's forces closer to the country's most prized economic asset, the Belhaf gas facility and export terminal, on the Arabian Sea about 160 km (100 miles) to the southeast.

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