Yemeni rebels have seized the country's presidential palace and attacked the US-backed leader's official residence in what is being described by one top military leader as a 'coup'. President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi was inside his official residence as it came under 'heavy shelling' for half-an-hour on Tuesday. At the same time, the powerful Shiite Houthi rebels seized the presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, looting the arms depot in the grounds. Hadi was unharmed in the attack, which came five months after the rebels first swept into Sanaa. Colonel Saleh al-Jamalani, the commander of the Presidential Protection Force that guards the palace, said: 'This is a coup. There is no other word to describe what is happening but a coup.'
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President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi was unharmed in half-hour assault
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Hadi met with Houthi rebels on Tuesday morning to negotiate constitution
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Houthi claim Hadi has breached UN-brokered power deal
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Rebels kidnapped president's chief aide on Saturday in retaliation
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Violence broke out between two sides on Monday, leaving nine dead
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Analysts: Rebels 'finishing what they started' after taking capital last year
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Crisis talks taking place at UN Security Council following attacks
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