Yemen Politics

Houthi rebels who seized the Yemeni capital of Sanaa have reached a tentative deal with President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a strong ally of the United States, in the fight against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. VOA's Sharon Behn reports that Washington is monitoring the situation closely. For the latest, VOA’s Vincent Makori is joined via phone from Sana’a, by journalist and analyst Zaid Ali al-Alaya’a.