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Saudi Arabia seeks Yemen reconciliation to subdue Houthis

After months of fierce fighting in Omran, the city fell under the control of armed Houthis, while Saudi Arabia was seeking to achieve national reconciliation in Yemen.
Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi group shout slogans during a gathering near the Yemeni capital Sanaa August 20, 2014. Countries trying to save Yemen from falling apart at the hands of Islamist militants and separatist movements warned Shi'ite Muslim Houthis on Tuesday to stop trying to gain territory by force and engage in a political transition process. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR4340W
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SANAA, Yemen — After six months of fierce fighting north of Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, the strategic city of Amran fell on July 8 to the armed Houthi group and with it a large army faction. Reactions have come successively, along with predictions of what will follow. This is particularly the case since the event comes amid a severe political crisis in the capital, interruptions in basic services such as electrical power and the lack of oil and its derivatives.

Attempts to contain the repercussions of the event started as follows: Two weeks after Amran's fall, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi visited the Amran province with pictures of the visit circulating in the media under the headline, “The state has regained control of the city.”

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