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Yemen Clashes Spread to South Sanaa, Troops Shell al-Ahmar Home

Fighting that has killed scores of people in north Sanaa spread to the south on Friday when Yemeni troops shelled the home of Sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar, a leader of the biggest opposition party, witnesses said.

The attack with heavy weapons and missiles targeted the home of Sheikh Hamid, a brother of powerful tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, whose men have been locked in fierce clashes with loyalist security forces in the north of the capital, witnesses said.


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