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Supporters of Shiite Houthi rebels attend a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in this file photo. The killing of Yemen's ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh by the country's Shiite rebels on Monday, as their alliance crumbled, has thrown the nearly three-year civil war into unpredictable new chaos. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) **FILE**

Saleh’s death puts Yemen’s war at a crossroads

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

A Yemeni man inspects his damaged store near the residence of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. Witnesses say that fighting has subsided in the Yemeni capital Sanaa hours after the announcement of the death of Yemen's former president. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Saudi strikes pound Yemeni capital after Ali Abdullah Saleh, ex-president, slain

By Ahmed Al-haj and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Supporters of Shiite Houthi rebels attend a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in this file photo. The killing of Yemen's ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh by the country's Shiite rebels on Monday, as their alliance crumbled, has thrown the nearly three-year civil war into unpredictable new chaos. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) **FILE**

Saleh’s death puts Yemen’s war at a crossroads

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

In this Aug. 24, 2017, file photo, former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks during a ceremony to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Conference Party, in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemenis in the war-torn country's capital crowded into basements overnight, Monday Dec. 4, 2017, as Saudi-led fighter jets pounded the positions of Houthi rebels, who are now fighting forces loyal to Saleh for control of the city. A Sanaa-based protection and advocacy adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council said Monday that the violence left aid workers trapped inside their homes and was "completely paralyzing humanitarian operations." (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Airstrikes pound Yemen’s capital as Saudis back ex-president

By Ahmed Al-haj and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Yemeni Houthi rebels move on ally’s neighborhood in capital

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Russian medical team in Yemen to treat ex-president

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Yemeni officials say ex-president may be under house arrest

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, chant slogans during a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen, April 16, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Saudi Arabia shoots down Scud missile fired from Yemen’s Shiite rebels

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Aid workers unload humanitarian relief supplies for civilians affected by a Saudi-led airstrike campaign from a cargo plane at the airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemeni rebel mortar attack kills 3 Saudi border guards

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, and released by the semi-official Fars News Agency, Iranian warship Alborz prepares before leaving Iran's waters. (Associated Press/Fars News Agency, Mahdi Marizad) **FILE**

Iran sends navy vessels to waters off Yemen, raising stakes

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, hold up their weapons to protest against Saudi-led airstrikes, as they chant slogans during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Saudi Arabia bombed key military installations in Yemen on Thursday, leading a regional coalition in a campaign against Shiite rebels who have taken over much of the country and drove out the president. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Saudi airstrikes in Yemen target rebel stronghold in north

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, March 21, 2015 file photo, Members of a militia group loyal to Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, known as the Popular Committees, chew qat, Yemen's favorite drug, as they sit next to their tank, guarding a major intersection in Aden, Yemen. Yemen’s Shiite rebels, backed by supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have seized the third-largest city after capturing the capital Sanaa in September, effectively splitting the country in half and hindering U.S. efforts to combat a powerful local al-Qaida affiliate. Hadi, a close U.S. ally, fled house arrest in Sanaa last month and has set up a base in the port city of Aden, the former capital of the once-independent south. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi, File)

NEWS GUIDE: The crisis in Yemen

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

A Yemeni man reads a newspaper featuring the front page with a photograph of former President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, and a headline in Arabic that reads, &quot; did they release him or kidnap him?&quot; in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Virtually powerless for months, Yemen’s overthrown President Hadi appeared ready to disappear from the country after fleeing Shiite rebels who held him captive in his own home. But the soft-spoken technocrat who long has avoided the limelight stepped back into it Saturday by renouncing his own resignation and challenging the Shiite Houthi rebels who hold control the capital and large parts of the country. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Hadi, once-quiet leader of Yemen, strikes newly defiant pose

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

Houthi Shiite Yemenis raise their fists during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen's presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, despite a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the violence, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen truce after Shiite rebels battle troops, seize media

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Houthi Shiite Yemeni raise their weapons during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen's presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, despite a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the violence, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Heavy clashes as Shiite rebels seize Yemen state media

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

** FILE ** Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

Twin explosions in Yemeni capital wound 20

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh chant slogans outside the Saleh Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, May 25, 2012, during a rally to demand prosecution of those involved in an assassination attempt against Mr. Saleh. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Al Qaeda in Yemen driven from 2 major strongholds

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Yemeni President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi applauds as he watches a parade to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of Yemen's reunification, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

After bombing, Yemenis mark somber National Day

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

A policeman collects evidence at the site of a suicide bomb attack at a parade square in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, May 21, 2012. Officials said the bombing was of the deadliest attacks in the city in months. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Suicide bombing kills 96 soldiers in Yemeni capital

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

** FILE ** Then-Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks to state media reporters at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Office of the Yemeni Presidency)

Yemeni army pushing into south al Qaeda stronghold

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press