Iranian support seen crucial for Yemen's Houthis
 

* Iran backing Yemen's Houthi rebels * Tehran in struggle with Saudi Arabia for regional influence * Houthi official denies material aid from Iran * Iran seen exploiting regional turmoil By Yara Bayoumy and Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Iran has supplied *******, money and training to the Shi'ite Houthi militia that seized Yemen's capital in September, as Tehran steps up its regional power struggle with Saudi Arabia, Yemeni and Iranian officials say. Exactly how much support Iran has given the Houthis, who share a Shi'ite ideology, has never been clear. ...

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