article_snippet: Yemen's embattled president has fled the country by sea after Houthi rebels advanced on the southern port city where Yemen's embattled president was taking refuge, captured Yemen's embattled president defence minister and seized the airport.
article_snippet: The advance of Houthi rebels, empowered by the backing of the ousted Yemeni autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh and Ali Abdullah Saleh loyalists, threatens to plunge Yemen into a civil war that could draw in Yemen Gulf neighbors.
article_snippet: Military officials said militias and military units loyal to Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi had 'fragmented,' speeding the Houthi advance.
article_snippet: militias and military units loyal to Hadi said the rebels were fighting Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's troops on five different fronts Wednesday.
article_snippet: The advance of the Shiite rebels, empowered by the backing of the ousted Yemeni autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh and Ali Abdullah Saleh loyalists, threatens to plunge the Arab world's poorest country into a civil war .
article_snippet: Depicting the Houthis as a proxy of Shiite Iran, a rival to Sunni Gulf countries, Yassin warned of an Iranian 'takeover' of Yemen.
article_snippet: the Houthis deny the Houthis are backed by Iran.
article_snippet: Mohammed Abdel-Salam, a spokesman for the Houthis, said the Houthis forces were not aiming to 'occupy' the south. '
article_snippet: The Houthis, in the aftermath of massive suicide bombings in Sanaa last week that killed at least 137 people, ordered a general mobilization and least 137 people leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, vowed to send their leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi forces to the south to fight al-Qaida and militant groups.
article_snippet: the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, in September and have since been advancing south alongside forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh.
article_snippet: the Houthis the Houthis also battled militias loyal to Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in the city of al-Dhalea adjacent to Taiz.
article_snippet: A Houthi militant runs from a mosque where a suicide bomber blew a suicide bomber up in Sanaa .