Yemen Rebels Overrun Tribal Strongholds -- The National
SANAA // Rebels overran tribal strongholds in northern Yemen on Sunday, following weeks of combat that has left scores dead.
Aiming to expand their hoped-for autonomous region in a future federal Yemen, the Shiite Huthi rebels have pushed out of the northern mountains to areas nearer the capital.
Local witnesses said the Huthis seized the town of Huth and village of Khamri, the seat of the Hashid tribal chief, as tribal defence lines crumbled. At least 40 people have been killed in the last two days.
The Huthis “completely took over the regions of Huth and Khamri,” rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said.
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