Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Yemen President Warns Of Sunni - Shiite Civil War In His Country



Yemen President Warns Of Civil War -- Al Jazeera

Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi alleges foreign conspiracy and pledges to restore state authority in the capital city of Sanaa.

Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi has vowed to restore state authority and warned of a "civil war" in the Sunni-majority country as Shia rebels were seen in near-total control of the capital, Sanaa.

"Sanaa is facing a conspiracy that will lead towards civil war," Hadi said in a speech at the presidential palace on Tuesday, two days after the rebels took control of all other key state institutions in the capital, overshadowing a UN-brokered peace deal.

"Many powers came together, either those who lost their interests in yemen or those pushed by their personal grievances to take their revenge on their country rather than on individual, or the opportunistic who take advantage of any disaster to attack the country," said Hadi.

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More News On The Crisis In Yemen

Yemen leader warns of civil war, rebels cry 'victory' -- AFP
Yemen rebel chief hails takeover in capital as 'revolution' -- Reuters
Houthis tighten grip on Yemen capital -- Al Jazeera
Yemeni Shiite Rebel Sweep Into Capital Kills 340 -- AP
Yemen: Fragility underlies UN-backed peace deal -- BBC
'Half-Coup' in Yemen Muddles Security, Politics -- VOA
Unrest in Yemen: Houthis get huffy -- The Economist
Yemen’s crisis and the battle for Sanaa -- Al Arabiya
The fall of Sanaa: What next for Yemen? -- Dr. Theodore Karasik, Al Arabiya
Why Yemen is such a disaster -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX

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