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Suicide bomber, car bomb hit mosque in Yemeni capital - sources


    SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated himself near a mosque in a northern district of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, and shortly afterward a car bomb exploded among worshippers fleeing the mosque, a security official and medical sources said.

    Residents reported hearing two explosions in the capital. There was no immediate information on casualties.

    A civil war in Yemen escalated in March when a coalition of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia intervened to roll back the hold of Iran-allied Houthi militia over much of the country and to reinstate the government from its exile in Riyadh.

    The Houthis took control of the capital Sanaa a year ago. More than 4,500 people have been killed in the war in Yemen.

    (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Mark Heinrich)