Coalition poised to retake capital, but Yemen risks grow


Houthi followers hold up their rifles as they demonstrate against the Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

SANAA/RIYADH (Reuters) - Weeks after seizing Yemen's southern port, Aden, members of a Saudi-led military coalition and the local fighters it supports say they are poised to oust Iranian-allied Houthi forces from the capital Sanaa.

But al Qaeda militants appear to be using the coalition's gains against the Houthis in the south to entrench their position, as fractures start to show between local groups of fighters with the departure of their common enemy.

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