. >> blew up the line in the first graition. congregation. >> hospitals overwhelmed by casualties and pleading for blood donors, the white house condemned the killings. >> we abhor the terrorists who perpetrated the unprovoked attack of friday prayers in their place of worship. >> islamic state of iraq and the levant claimed responsibility for the attack. some have their doubts, but it became clear attacking shia places of worship is what i.s.i.l. does. seized power in the country's capital forcing the embattled president, abd rabbu mansour hadi. hadi, to his home. forces loyal to president hadi are holing off a houthi advance. the fighting has many countries shuttering embassies. saudi arabia did last month. the u.s. has too. one of the poorest and moss isolated countries on earth. so with all that today it seems a political settlement is as far away as ever and the battle for control is a bloody one with ordinary yemenis paying the price. it is unclear what the united states or others in the area can do to avoid all out civil