Yemen turmoil

Armed Houthi rebels seized on Wednesday U.S. embassy vehicles after ambassador and diplomats left the country, Reuters reported local members of embassy staff as saying.

U.S. embassy staff destroyed weapons, computers and documents before closing and evacuating diplomats on Wednesday, local members of staff told Reuters.

U.S. Marines handed over their remaining weapons to Yemenis at the airport in the capital, Sanaa, before boarding commercial aircraft to leave the country following the closure of the U.S. embassy, the Pentagon said.

The Pentagon said the Marines destroyed heavy weapons in their embassy arsenal, including machine guns, before leaving  for the airport but remained armed with smaller weapons until the end to ensure a safe exit from the country.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize U.S. embassy vehicles