Al-Qaida continues to advance on Yemeni capital
The takeover of Rada, 130 kilometres south-east of Sanaa, was the latest in a series of towns and cities — until now in the south and east — to fall as al-Qaida takes advantage of a central government weakened by months of protests.
Several sources in the town said more than 1,000 al-Qaida gunmen invaded Rada, which is within striking distance of a strategic highway connecting Sanaa with the south and southwest.