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| Yemen conflict: 'More than 1,000' prisoners escape | Yemen conflict: 'More than 1,000' prisoners escape |
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| About 1,200 prisoners, including al-Qaeda suspects, have escaped from a prison in central Yemen, officials say. | About 1,200 prisoners, including al-Qaeda suspects, have escaped from a prison in central Yemen, officials say. |
| There were clashes at the prison in the central town of Taiz ahead of the break-out. | |
| Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years, as competing forces fight for control. | |
| The country was thrown into turmoil after Houthi rebels forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee to Aden and then to Saudi Arabia. | |
| It is not clear how the prisoners escaped. | |
| State news agency Saba quoted a security official as saying that the prison had come under attack from al-Qaeda supporters. | |
| However, another official told the Reuters news agency that the inmates had fled amid heavy clashes between warring militias. | |
| The Associated Press said the prison guards had deserted their posts following clashes between Houthi rebels and their opponents, citing a security source. | |
| It is the third major jailbreak in Yemen since a Saudi-led air campaign against the rebels began on 26 March. |