Triple suicide bombings in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a this morning (Friday) have taken the lives of at lesat 30. The bombings targeted mosques where Shi'ite Houthi rebels were in attendance. One bomb exploded inside of the Badr mosque and a second one detonated at the gate as people fled. The third bomber targeted the al-Hashahush mosque at the opposite end of the city.
Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi was evacuated during yesterday's air raid on his palace in the southern city of Aden, which he has proclaimed his de facto capital. The air raid followed intense fighting at the Aden's airport as well as clashes taking palce elsewhere in the country, causing analysts to warn that a divided Yemen was slipping towards an all-out civil war.