A tribesman carrying his firearm chants a zamil, or folk song, with others as they arrive to a wedding ceremony in Yemen's northwestern province of Amran May 2, 2013. Yemen, which has an ingrained gun culture, has the second highest rate of private gun ownership in 178 countries, according to a Small Arms Survey report published in 2007. As well as wearing curved daggers at their waist, it is not unusual for Yemeni men to carry AK-47 assault rifles, hunting rifles and pistols. Picture taken May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST) 

A man washes carrots in a ranch near the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) 

A man carries a chicken to his house in one of the alleys in the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

Women carry feed on their heads near the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) 

A boy reviews his lessons as he takes care of sheep near the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY AGRICULTURE) 

A man walks in one of the alleys at the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY AGRICULTURE) 

A man carries feed on his back at the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY AGRICULTURE) 

A view is seen of the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: CITYSPACE) 

Women work on their ranch near the historic city of Thula located in Amran governorate, 45 km northwest of Sanaa, November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) 

A woman holds her malnourished boy at a therapeutic feeding centre in the northern Yemeni city of Amran June 27, 2012. One million Yemeni children face severe malnutrition within months as families struggle to pay for food in one of the Arab world's poorest countries, the U.N. World Food Programme has warned. Political turmoil has pushed Yemen to the brink of a humanitarian crisis and aid agencies estimate half the country's 24 million people are malnourished. Picture taken June 27, 2012. To match Interview YEMEN-HUNGER/ REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH SOCIETY) 

A voter casts his ballot during parliamentary elections at a polling station in the Berber region of Bani Amrane, about 70 km (43 miles) southeast of Algiers, May 10, 2012. Sceptical Algerians abstained in large numbers from the parliamentary election on Thursday which the country's ruling elite hoped would help them claw back credibility after Arab Spring revolts left them looking out of touch. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOCIETY) 

Libya's Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi (L) speaks with Oil Minister Amran Abou Kraa during a news conference in TripoliJuly 14, 2011.The government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has halted all cooperation with Italian energy firm ENI, al-Mahmoudi said on Thursday. ENI is the biggest foreign oil company in Libya and has had a presence in the North African country since the 1950s. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS) 

Libya's Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi (L) and Oil Minister Amran Abou Kraa address a news conference in Tripoli July 14, 2011.The government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has halted all cooperation with Italian energy firm ENI, al-Mahmoudi said on Thursday. ENI is the biggest foreign oil company in Libya and has had a presence in the North African country since the 1950s. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS) 

Libya's Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi (L) and Oil Minister Amran Abou Kraa speak during a news conference in Tripoli July 14, 2011.The government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has halted all cooperation with Italian energy firm ENI, al-Mahmoudi said on Thursday. ENI is the biggest foreign oil company in Libya and has had a presence in the North African country since the 1950s. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS) 

Newly appointed Libyan Oil Minister Amran Abou Kraa speaks during a news conference in Tripoli June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Newly appointed Libyan Oil Minister Amran Abou Kraa speaks during a news conference in Tripoli June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ENERGY) 

Newly appointed Libyan Oil Minister Amran Abou Kraa (C) speaks during a news conference in Tripoli June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Newly-wed Ummu Honey Lokman Hakim, 19, a member of "The Obedient Wife Club", bows to her 23-year-old husband Mohd Syurahbil Amran, during a mass wedding ceremony in conjunction with the club's launch in Kuala Lumpur June 4, 2011. A group of Malaysian Muslim women on Saturday launched "The Obedient Wife Club" aiming to teach wives how to please their husbands so as to reduce incidences of domestic abuse, infidelity and divorce, according to a press statement. REUTERS/Samsul Said (MALAYSIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man displaced by the ongoing fighting between government forces and Shiite rebels sits outside his family's temporary shelter in the northwestern Yemeni city of Amran November 13, 2009. Fighting between Yemeni troops and Houthi rebels, who say Yemen's Zaidi Shi'ite minority suffers discrimination and neglect, has flared on and off since 2004 in the northern province of Saada. UNICEF voiced deep concern at the escalation of the conflict in north Yemen, where the United Nations now says 175,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

People displaced by the ongoing fighting between government troops and Shi'ite rebels in the northwestern Yemeni province stand near their temporary shelter in Amran city November 13, 2009. Fighting between Yemeni troops and Houthi rebels, who say Yemen's Zaidi Shi'ite minority suffers discrimination and neglect, has flared on and off since 2004 in the northern province of Saada. UNICEF voiced deep concern at the escalation of the conflict in north Yemen, where the United Nations now says 175,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY RELIGION) 

A combination file picture taken from television footage shows four members of Malaysia's Jemaah Islamiah (JI) during an interview held in Jakarta by a Malaysian television station on March 11, 2004 and released in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2004. From L, Mohamad Nasir Abas, Jaafar Anwarul, Shamsul Bahri Hussein and Amran Mansor. Recruitment efforts of young, malleable boys such as Andika at schools and sports clubs is a routine method used by militants in Southeast Asia to cultivate the next generation of suicide bombers and separatist rebels.
To match feature ASIA-INSURGENCIES/REHABILITATION REUTERS/TV3/Files (MALAYSIA ODDLY) 

Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi (C), a Yemeni Muslim, listens to a verdict at a court in Amran, western Yemen in this March 2, 2009 file photo. An appeals court in Yemen sentenced to death on June 21, 2009, a man who shot dead a Jewish compatriot. In March a court ruled the man, Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, was mentally unstable and sent him to an psychiatric institution, but the victim's father appealed the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files (YEMEN POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION) 

Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, a Yemeni Muslim, listens to a verdict at a court in Amran, western Yemen in this March 2, 2009 file photo. An appeals court in Yemen sentenced to death on June 21, 2009, a man who shot dead a Jewish compatriot. In March a court ruled the man, Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, was mentally unstable and sent him to an psychiatric institution, but the victim's father appealed the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files (YEMEN POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION) 

Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, a Yemeni Muslim, listens to a verdict at a court in Amran, western Yemen in this March 2, 2009 file photo. An appeals court in Yemen sentenced to death on June 21, 2009, a man who shot dead a Jewish compatriot. In March a court ruled the man, Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, was mentally unstable and sent him to an psychiatric institution, but the victim's father appealed the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files (YEMEN POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION) 

Yaeesh bin Yehiya (L), the father of a murdered Jewish man Mashaa bin Yaeesh al-Nahari attends, with female family members, a court session in Amran, western Yeman, March 2, 2009. The court ruled on Monday that Muslim man, Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi who shot dead Mashaa was mentally unstable and sent him to a psychiatric institution, but the victim's father said he would appeal the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi (2nd R), a Yemeni Muslim, listens to a verdict at a court in in Amran, western Yeman March 2, 2009. The court ruled on Monday that Abdi who shot dead a Jewish compatriot was mentally unstable and sent him to a psychiatric institution, but the victim's father said he would appeal the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, a Yemeni Muslim, listens to a verdict at a court in in Amran, western Yeman March 2, 2009. The court ruled on Monday that Abdi who shot dead a Jewish compatriot was mentally unstable and sent him to a psychiatric institution, but the victim's father said he would appeal the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, a Yemeni Muslim, listens to a verdict at a court in in Amran, western Yeman March 2, 2009. The court ruled on Monday that Abdi who shot dead a Jewish compatriot was mentally unstable and sent him to a psychiatric institution, but the victim's father said he would appeal the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Yemeni Jew Louza al-Nahari (L), the widow of murdered Jewish man Mashaa bin Yaeesh bin Yehiya, and Mashaa's father Yehiya bin Yaeesh react outside court in Amran, western Yeman, after the court delivered its verdict in the murder case March 2, 2009. The court ruled on Monday that Muslim man, Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi who shot dead a Jewish compatriot was mentally unstable and sent him to a psychiatric institution, but the victim's father said he would appeal the verdict. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, cries behind bars as he listens to the verdict sentencing him to death at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran, June 21, 2008. The court sentenced al-Kuhali to death on Saturday for opening fire outside a village mosque in Amran after Friday prayers on May 30, killing seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, cries behind bars as he listens to the verdict sentencing him to death at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran, June 21, 2008. The court sentenced al-Kuhali to death on Saturday for opening fire outside a village mosque in Amran after Friday prayers on May 30, killing seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, listens from behind bars to the verdict sentencing him to death, at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran, June 21, 2008. The court sentenced al-Kuhali to death on Saturday for opening fire outside a village mosque in Amran after Friday prayers on May 30, killing seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, cries behind bars as he listens to the verdict sentencing him to death at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran, June 21, 2008. The court sentenced al-Kuhali to death on Saturday for opening fire outside a village mosque in Amran after Friday prayers on May 30, killing seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali (C), 26, is escorted by the police into a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran, June 21, 2008. The court sentenced al-Kuhali to death on Saturday for opening fire outside a village mosque in Amran after Friday prayers on May 30, killing seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, cries behind bars at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran June 8, 2008. The court began on Sunday to hear the case against al-Kuhali, who was charged with opening fire outside a village mosque in northern Yemen after Friday prayers on May 30, killing at least seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, appears behind bars at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran June 8, 2008. The court began on Sunday to hear the case against al-Kuhali, who was charged with opening fire outside a village mosque in northern Yemen after Friday prayers on May 30, killing at least seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, appears behind bars at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran June 8, 2008. The court began on Sunday to hear the case against al-Kuhali, who was charged with opening fire outside a village mosque in northern Yemen after Friday prayers on May 30, killing at least seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, is taken to a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran June 8, 2008. The court began on Sunday to hear the case against al-Kuhali, who was charged with opening fire outside a village mosque in northern Yemen after Friday prayers on May 30, killing at least seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, appears behind bars at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran June 8, 2008. The court began on Sunday to hear the case against al-Kuhali, who was charged with opening fire outside a village mosque in northern Yemen after Friday prayers on May 30, killing at least seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Abdullah Saleh al-Kuhali, 26, appears behind bars at a court in the northern Yemeni city of Amran June 8, 2008. The court began on Sunday to hear the case against al-Kuhali, who was charged with opening fire outside a village mosque in northern Yemen after Friday prayers on May 30, killing at least seven people. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

People gather at the scene of a shooting outside a village mosque in Kohal village, Amran province, about 60 km (40 miles) north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa May 30, 2008.A gunman opened fire outside the mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least eight people, a local official said. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN) 

A soldier and residents stand at the scene of a shooting outside a village mosque in Kohal village, Amran province, about 60 km (40 miles) north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa May 30, 2008. A gunman opened fire outside the mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least eight people, a local official said. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN) 

People gather at the scene of a shooting outside a village mosque in Kohal village, Amran province, about 60 km (40 miles) north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa May 30, 2008. A gunman opened fire outside the mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least eight people, a local official said. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN) 

People gather at the scene of a shooting outside a village mosque in Kohal village, Amran province, about 60 km (40 miles) north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa May 30, 2008. A gunman opened fire outside the mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least eight people, a local official said. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN) 

People gather at the scene of a shooting outside a village mosque in Kohal village, Amran province, about 60 km (40 miles) north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa May 30, 2008. A gunman opened fire outside the mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least eight people, a local official said. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN) 

Wounded men lay on hospital beds in the northern Yemeni province of Amran April 7, 2007. They were among 30 people wounded when attackers poured fuel over worshippers at a mosque in northern Yemen, locked the doors and set fire to it. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

A man with burns on his face lies on a hospital bed in the northern Yemeni province of Amran April 7, 2007. He was among 30 people wounded when attackers poured fuel over worshippers at a mosque in northern Yemen, locked the doors and set fire to it. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Wounded men lay on hospital beds in the northern Yemeni province of Amran April 7, 2007. They were among 30 people wounded when attackers poured fuel over worshippers at a mosque in northern Yemen, locked the doors and set fire to it. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

A man with burns on his face lies on a hospital bed in the northern Yemeni province of Amran April 7, 2007. He was among 30 people wounded when attackers poured fuel over worshippers at a mosque in northern Yemen, locked the doors and set fire to it. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Al-Sadd Ibrahim Majid (L) of Qatar fights for the ball with Ali Amran Al-Najaf of Iraq during their AFC Champions League 2007 soccer match in Doha March 21,2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad.(QATAR) 

French footballer Zinedine Zidane (C) listens to Employment and National Solidarity Minister Djamal Ould Abbes (L) at a paediatric medical unit at Beni Amrane, some 80km (50 miles) east of Algiers, December 11, 2006. Zidane flew in to Algeria on Monday to inspect charity projects on a visit warmly welcomed by a nation that has long seen the French footballer of Algerian ancestry as an icon of success. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA) 

Algerian fans hold photographs of French footballer Zinedine Zidane in Beni Amrane, some 80km (50 miles) east of Algiers, December 11, 2006. Zidane flew in to Algeria on Monday to inspect charity projects on a visit warmly welcomed by a nation that has long seen the French footballer of Algerian ancestry as an icon of success. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA) 

French footballer Zinedine Zidane signs an autograph during his visit to a school in Beni Amran, some 80 km (50 miles) east of Algiers, December 11, 2006. Zidane flew in to Algeria on Monday to inspect charity projects on a visit warmly welcomed by a nation that has long seen the French footballer of Algerian ancestry as an icon of success. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA) 

French footballer Zinedine Zidane carries a girl in Berbere dress after the inauguration of a paediatric medical unit at Beni Amrane, some 80km (50 miles) east of Algiers, December 11,2006. Zidane flew in to Algeria on Monday to inspect charity projects on a visit warmly welcomed by a nation that has long seen the French footballer of Algerian ancestry as an icon of success. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA) 

French footballer Zinedine Zidane carries a girl in Berbere dress after the inauguration of a paediatric medical unit at Beni Amrane, some 80km (50 miles) east of Algiers, December 11,2006. Zidane flew in to Algeria on Monday to inspect charity projects on a visit warmly welcomed by a nation that has long seen the French footballer of Algerian ancestry as an icon of success. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA) 

French footballer Zinedine Zidane kisses a girl in Berbere dress after the inauguration of a paediatric medical unit at Beni Amrane, some 80km (50 miles) east of Algiers, December 11,2006. Zidane flew in to Algeria on Monday to inspect charity projects on a visit warmly welcomed by a nation that has long seen the French footballer of Algerian ancestry as an icon of success. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA) 

Two Yemeni Jews attend a rally in support of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the northern province of Amran August 31, 2006. Saleh is seeking a new seven-year term in the presidential elections, set to be held on September 20. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Yemeni Jews attend a rally in support of President Ali Abdullah Saleh (pictured on posters) in the northern province of Amran August 31, 2006. Saleh is seeking a new seven-year term in the presidential elections set to be held on September 20. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Yemeni Jews attend a rally in support of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the northern province of Amran August 31, 2006. Saleh is seeking a new seven-year term in the presidential elections, set to be held on September 20. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Amran, a three-year-old earthquake victim from Bantul, is held down by his parents just before being x-rayed at a hospital in Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 30, 2006. [International relief efforts picked up on Tuesday for survivors of a weekend earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia's Java island, with over a score of countries now involved.]