Yemen's Houthi rebels are taking over the country and dissolving parliament

Yemen's powerful Shiite 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 Shiites against Sunni tribesmen and secessionists in the south.

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It could also play into the hands of Yemen's al-Qaeda branch, the world's most dangerous offshoot of the militant Islamist group, and jeopardize the U.S. counter-terrorism operations in the country. Read more...

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