Defiant Shia rebels protest in Sanaa

Sanaa: Tens of thousands of Shia rebel activists demonstrated in the Yemeni capital Monday heeding a call by their leader to press their campaign to oust the government in defiance of the UN. The show of strength by the Zaidi Shia rebels caused traffic jams on several major roads in Sanaa. In a speech late on Sunday, rebel leader Abdulmalik al- Huthi called on supporters who have

been manning armed protest camps in the capital for the past week to continue their campaign to topple

the national unity government, from which the rebels

are excluded.