SANAA (Reuters) - Five people were killed in an al Qaeda suicide attack on a Houthi outpost in central Yemen on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said, highlighting the volatility of a country torn by militant and sectarian violence.
The United States and its Gulf allies fear the spread of militant and sectarian violence in Yemen -- situated between oil giant Saudi Arabia and an important Red Sea shipping lane -- will push the country towards a civil war and unravel the state's already limited control over its territory.
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