Yemen's Shiite rebels capture presidential palace in Aden

SANAA - Yemeni Shiite rebels and their allies have captured the presidential palace in Aden on Thursday following heavy clashes in the commercial center of this southern coastal city,Yemeni security officials said.

Aden's Maasheeq palace is a cluster of colonial-era villas perched atop a rocky hill that juts into the Arabian Sea. The palace was President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's last seat of power before he fled to Saudi Arabia last month amid the Houthi advance.