A Houthi Shiite rebel holds a weapon while on patrol following dawn prayers attended by supporters of the rebels on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Photo: Hani Mohammed/AP Yemen’s Houthi rebels have announced today that they are dissolving parliament and
Yemen’s Houthis Seize Power, Dissolve Parliament
A televised statement read by an unidentified Houthi member called the takeover “a new era that will take Yemen to safe shores.”