three years after that trip i was back, traveling once again into al qaeda territory-- into al bayda province. but this time the houthi rebels had managed to extend their control into al qaeda heartland. i'm on one of the most dangerous roads in yemen, notorious for bandits and thieves. only a few months ago, it would have been impossible for me to get here. >> al ahmad: now there are regular houthi checkpoints. an armed escort took us to rada'. this is the houthi front line against al qaeda. three weeks before we arrived, they had fought an intense battle to take the city. walid, a houthi fighter, shows us around. >> al ahmad: al qaeda ruled this city for four years with hardly any reaction from the weak yemeni government. this mosque was one of their headquarters. tariq al thahab, a powerful tribal leader, brought al qaeda into the region and tried to declare it an islamic emirate. >> al ahmad: the al amriya mosque was built in the 16th century as a center for islamic learning and religious study. here, and throughout yemen, there was no tradition of sectarian hatred. but according

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is used for aid deliveries international committee of the red cross says the cities of samar and al bayda and now without clean water owing to fuel shortages. cutter's foreign minister is ending a ten day visit to the us where he's been discussing the g.c.c. crisis speaking washington d.c. mohamed bin abdul rahman and said that the blockade on cutter is be used as an excuse to upset the power balance in the region south korea's spy agency says the north koreans may carry out more missile tests this year to ramp up the threat against the u.s. south korea says its intelligence has detected signs that missile engines are being tested. that's all our full news are coming up with me in just over twenty five minutes right after inside story i just want you. who's in charge of zimbabwe and the embattled president robert mugabe is clinging to power and faces impeachment everyone but him seems to agree his time is so what's next for zimbabweans desperate for change this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has ignored a deadline to re

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is used for aid deliveries international committee of the red cross says the cities of samar and al bayda and now without clean water owing to fuel shortages. cutter's foreign minister is ending a ten day visit to the us where he's been discussing the g.c.c. crisis speaking washington d.c. mohamed bin abdul rahman a funny said that the blockade on cutter is be used as an excuse to upset the power balance in the region south korea's spy agency says the north koreans may carry out more missile tests this year to ramp up the threat against the u.s. south korea says its intelligence has detected signs that missile engines are being tested so when our families are coming up with me just over twenty five minutes right after inside story i just want you. who's in charge of zimbabwe and the embattled president robert mugabe is clinging to power and faces impeachment everyone but him seems to agree his time is up so what's next for zimbabweans desperate for change this.

there are process and al bayda had joined the list of the many cities that are now without clean water two point five million people live in the five cities for a shortage of fuel caused by the saudi led blockade has called pumping stations to shut down so many ports have reopened to allow in desperately needed food and they critics say it's just not enough mohammed champagne reports. in yemen where a humanitarian catastrophe continues unabated anger rises as supplies window. we have many people with kidney failure and cancer and many other diseases but there is no treatment where can we go. hundreds took to the streets in the city of her date on sunday demanding the saudi led coalition reopen air and sea ports to allow the unimpeded flow of much needed aid. in one of her they does hospitals where medical supplies are running dangerously low a baby diagnosed with cholera is seriously ill. yemen which is on the verge of famine is also suffering from the worst cholera outbreak ever recorded nine hundred thousand suspected cases of the disease have been recorded since april was this fact