Yemeni rebels seized a strategic port city on Tuesday to widen their fast-expanding zone of control, hours after a new premier was named in a bid to defuse Yemen’s escalating political crisis.
And with the weakening of central authority, battered by the rebels’ seizure of Sanaa last month, southern separatists were stepping up their demands for independence.
The Houthi rebels met little resistance as they overran Hudeida, taking control of Yemen’s second most important seaport, a security official said.