The security detachment of Marines that evacuated with the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a late Tuesday did not turn over any weapons to Houthi rebels as they departed, contrary to reports, the service emphasized in a late statement Wednesday.

“To be clear: No Marine handed a weapon to a Houthi, or had one taken from him,” the Marine Corps said in a statement.

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