SANAA (Reuters) - Shi'ite Muslim fighters captured one of the main cities in northern Yemen on Tuesday, a local official and residents said, after days of fighting that has killed at least 200 people and puts the Houthi militants within 50 km (31 miles) of Sanaa.
The Houthis said their fight was against rivals loyal to the Islamist Islah party, and they had no intention of attacking the Yemeni capital, just south of the provincial capital of Omran.
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