5 Dec 2017

Yemen ex-president killed by former Houthi allies

From Morning Report, 8:48 am on 5 December 2017

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed by Houthi forces who had until recently been his allies in a bloody civil war against Yemen's Saudi backed Government. Mr Saleh's house in Yemen's capital Sanaa was blown up by Houthi fighters and a few hours later reports began to emerge that he was dead. The BBC's Middle East editor Sebastian Usher tells us Mr Saleh was killed after days of intense street fighting.