Yemen's powerful Shia rebels announced on Friday that they have taken over the country and dissolved parliament, a dramatic move that finalizes their months-long power grab.
The development also plunges the impoverished country deeper into turmoil and threatens to turn the crisis into a full-blown sectarian conflict, pitting the Iran-backed Houthi Shias against Sunni tribesmen and secessionists in the south.
It could also play into the hands of Yemen's al-Qaeda branch, the world's most dangerous offshoot of the terror group, and jeopardize the U.S. counter-terrorism operations in the country.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/yemen-s-shia-houthi-rebels-announce-takeover-of-country-1.2947780
The development also plunges the impoverished country deeper into turmoil and threatens to turn the crisis into a full-blown sectarian conflict, pitting the Iran-backed Houthi Shias against Sunni tribesmen and secessionists in the south.
It could also play into the hands of Yemen's al-Qaeda branch, the world's most dangerous offshoot of the terror group, and jeopardize the U.S. counter-terrorism operations in the country.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/yemen-s-shia-houthi-rebels-announce-takeover-of-country-1.2947780