Yemen rebels disperse protests demanding slain leader's body
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Yemeni rebel forces have dispersed a protest staged by dozens of women in the capital, Sanaa, demanding the handover of the body of slain former President Ali Abdullah Saleh for burial.
Wednesday's protests took place outside a rebel-run hospital where the body has been kept since he was killed on Monday by his onetime allies, the Iran-backed Shiite rebels known as Houthis.
Witnesses say the protest lasted less than an hour before rebel forces violently dispersed it. They spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisals.
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Clashes erupted between Saleh's forces and the Houthis last week. A Saudi-led coalition, which has been at war with the rebels since March 2015, threw its support behind Saleh and launched a blistering wave of airstrikes on Sanaa.