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Yemeni people hold a rally to protest against Shiite rebels' announcement of taking over the country in Taiz, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Yemen's powerful Shiite rebels announced on Friday that they have taken over the country and dissolved parliament, a dramatic move that finalizes their monthslong power grab. Arabic writing on banners that reads, "We reject the coup." (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

Shiite Rebels take control of Yemen; civil war fears grow

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Houthi Shiite Yemenis hold their weapons during a rally to show support for their comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Houthis' power grab has plunged Yemen into a deep political crisis. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Sheikh Harith bin Ghazi al-Nathari, leading al Qaeda member in Yemen, killed in U.S. airstrike

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Obama met with new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Associated Press)

CHRISTOPHER HARPER: Media recasting late Saudi king as a reformer

By Christopher Harper

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., bangs the gavel to start the committee's hearing to examine global challenges and U.S. national security strategy, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

John McCain to question lack of U.S. ground troops in Middle East

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A Houthi Shiite fighter shows support for his comrades after seizing the capital in Sanaa, Yemen. President Obama has yet to reveal a response. (Associated Press)

Yemen coup shows Obama lacks Middle East terror strategy, critics say

By Guy Taylor and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on the fall of Yemen by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

TED CRUZ: Yemen’s collapse demonstrates Obama’s foreign policy failures

By Ted Cruz

U.S. President Barack Obama waves to the media, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi standing beside him during a ceremonial reception at the Indian Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Obama is the first American leader to be invited to attend India's Republic Day festivities, which commence Monday and mark the anniversary of the enactment of the country's democratic constitution. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Obama: U.S. can’t play ‘whack-a-mole’ by sending troops to Yemen

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A Houthi Shiite fighter wearing an army uniform chants slogans during a demonstration to show support for his comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Thousands of protesters demonstrated Friday across Yemen, some supporting the Shiite rebels who seized the capital and others demanding the country's south secede after the nation's president and Cabinet resigned. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen’s Shiite rebels growing in power amid Obama uncertainty on Iran, experts fear

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Yemen government resigns amid rebel standoff

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

In this 2010 file photo, sailors line the deck of the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship, as it passes the skyline of Lower Manhattan on Wednesday in New York Harbor for the start of the 23rd Fleet Week. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Yemen’s president held captive; U.S. sends Navy warships to Red Sea

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemeni gather Tuesday while guarding a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen. (Associated Press)

Yemen unrest undermines U.S. operations against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemeni gather while guarding a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Yemen's U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace and a key military base in what one official called &quot;a step toward a coup.&quot; (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen president’s home shelled by Shiite Houthi rebels as they take over palace

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Houthi Shiite Yemeni raise their weapons during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen's presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, despite a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the violence, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Heavy clashes as Shiite rebels seize Yemen state media

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Houthi Shiite Yemenis raise their fists during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen's presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, despite a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the violence, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen truce after Shiite rebels battle troops, seize media

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Yemenis chant slogans during a protest against caricatures published in French magazine Charlie Hebdo in front of the French Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. Arabic writing on a poster at left reads, "Nothing but the Messenger of Allah," meaning the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, Yemen president’s chief of staff, abducted by gunmen

Associated Press

Jean Paul Bierlein reads the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo outside a newsstand in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

France arrests 54 for defending terror; newspaper sells out

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Hassen Chalghoumi, the Imam of Drancy mosque, center left with white cap, and an unidentified Rabbi, center right, pay their respects after placing flowers at a makeshift memorial outside a kosher grocery store where four hostages were killed on Friday, in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Yemen’s al Qaeda claims responsibility for Paris attack

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

In this March 1, 2002, file photo, a detainee is escorted to interrogation by U.S. military guards at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

GOP lawmakers try to tighten Gitmo transfer rules

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Illustration on the need to awaken to the global Islamist threat by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DAVID HOROWITZ: Obama’s denial of terror threat endangers U.S.

By David Horowitz

This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspect Cherif Kouachi in the newspaper attack along with a plea for witnesses. Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. France began a day of national mourning for what its president called &quot;an act of exceptional barbarism. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)

Said Kouachi, Charlie Hebdo terror suspect, trained with al Qaeda: officials

By Jennifer Pompi and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times