SANAA, Yemen
(AP) -- Yemen's information minister says Shiite Houthi rebels are
shelling the residence of the country's president as they also swept
into the presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa. The
minister, Nadia al-Sakkaf posted on her Twitter account on Tuesday that
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi home in downtown Sanaa has come under
"heavy shelling since 3:00 PM by armed forces positioned over rooftops
facing his house." Hadi is believed to be inside the house. The
shelling is a dramatic escalation in the violence that has gripped
Sanaa since Monday and which has been described as a coup. Al-Sakkaf's
posting came as a Yemeni army commander said the rebels have also
raided the presidential palace - where Hadis' office is - and are
looting its weapons depot.
Shiite rebels shell residence of Yemeni president
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