A story of political skulduggery in Yemen and the high cost to the presidency of alleged collusion with the Houthis.
From: Al Jazeera World
Yemen: Pulling the Strings
How did Yemen’s Houthis take Sanaa so easily? Was former President Saleh part of an unlikely alliance with the group?
20 Apr 2016
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