Yemeni troops battle Shiite rebels, seize state media in threat to US-backed leadership
at 17:13 on January 19, 2015, EST.
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SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace and a key military base in what one official called "a step toward a coup."
The militants seized control of state media in fierce fighting that marked the biggest challenge yet to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi by the rebels, known as Houthis, who swept down from their northern strongholds last year and captured the capital in September.
