The last hours of Yemen's Saleh


  • World
  • Friday, 08 Dec 2017

A Houthi militant reacts as he sits on a tank after the death of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

DUBAI (Reuters) - A day before they killed Yemen's former president, gunmen from the Iran-aligned Houthi militia group overran one of Ali Abdullah Saleh’s fortified compounds in Sanaa.

Ransacking the villa, they snapped photos of liquor flasks and vodka bottles and posted them online.

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