Shiite Rebels Shell Yemen President's Home, Take Over Palace

Shiite rebels shelled the residence of Yemen's leader and swept into the nearby presidential palace Tuesday in what a top army commander said was an unfolding coup. Authorities said President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi — an important U.S. ally in the fight against al-Qaida's powerful and highly lethal branch in Yemen — was unharmed but his grip on power appeared increasingly precarious. The Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, seized the capital Sanaa in September as part of a longer power struggle with Hadi and effectively govern several other cities as well. http://apne.ws/156czQH http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ