Yemen president quits amid worsening crisis
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi quits along with Prime Minister Khaled Bahah as Houthi rebels consolidate grip on capital
Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has quit along with his prime minister and cabinet, plunging the country into political crisis even as Houthi rebels consolidated their grip on the capital.
Hours after Hadi resigned, authorities in four provinces of Yemen’s formerly independent south, including its main city Aden, said they would defy all military orders from Sanaa.
The committee in charge of military and security affairs for Aden, Abyan, Lahej and Daleh, which is loyal to Hadi, condemned the “tragic events in Sanaa and the totally unacceptable demands made by the Houthis,” the Shia fighters who have controlled much of the capital since September.
Hadi’s resignation on Thursday came a day after he and Houthi rebels announced that they had reached an agreement to resolve the crisis gripping the country.
Government spokesman Rageh Badi said the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Khaled Bahah handed its resignation to Hadi on Thursday without providing further details, the AP news agency reported. Hadi then resigned shortly afterwards.
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