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Shiite rebels 'seize city of Taiz and airport'

Shiite rebels backed by supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have taken over parts of Yemen's third largest city of Taiz and its airport.

The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on Yemen's security situation.

It comes after the US announced it was withdrawing its troops from Yemen due to the worsening security situation amid mounting violence by armed rival groups including Houthi rebels, al-Qaeda and Islamic State militants.

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IS warns deadly Yemen attacks are 'part of a coming flood'

Crime scene investigators look at the ground after a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Sanaa Credit: Reuters

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for today's bomb attacks in Yemen that sources say have killed 126 people - and vowed to carry out more assaults on the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group that has seized control of the government.

"God willing, this operation is only a part of a coming flood," the group said in a statement posted by supporters on Twitter.

One suicide bomber struck inside Badr mosque in southern Sanaa while another targeted worshippers as they fled outside, witnesses said.

A third suicide bomber tried to blow himself up a mosque in the northern Houthi stronghold of Sadaa province but failed, killing only himself, a security source told Reuters.

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