A second consecutive day of violence in Yemen’s capital raised fear of deepening instability in a nation regarded as pivotal to Washington’s counter-terrorism efforts in the Middle East.
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Iran has no interest in creating a power vacuum in Sana that would leave the capital, and the country, more vulnerable to Al Qaeda-style Sunni militants, said Geneive Abdo, a Middle East policy analyst with the Brookings Institution and the Stimson Center.
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