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An armed Yemeni Shiite Huthi rebel directs traffic near the airport in Sanaa on September 20, 2014
The rebels, who have been locked in deadly clashes for days with Sunni fighters and troops, also took over the state radio station, officials said.
A spokesman for the rebels, Mohammed Abdulsalam, confirmed on his Facebook page that the government complex had been taken and the premier had stepped down.