Emirati troops push toward rebel-held Yemeni capital

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SAFFER, Yemen -- As fighting rages in Yemen, troops from the United Arab Emirates that are part of a Saudi-led coalition battling Shiite rebels are pushing toward the country's rebel-held capital, Sanaa, after securing a strategic provincial city, the commander of an Emirati contingent said Monday.

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