Rebel coup ousts Yemen's leader: Minister

January 21, 2015 00:14

Yemen's presidential palace has been completely taken over by Shiite Houthi rebels, the country's Minister of Information Nadia Sakkaf told CNN on Tuesday amid reports of renewed clashes.

Sakkaf said the prime minister's residence was also under attack from the street.She called the situation 'the completion of a coup', adding that "the President has no control."

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Image: Houthi fighters ride in a truck outside a Presidential Guards barracks they took over on a mountain overlooking the Presidential Palace in Sanaa. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

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