Yemen President and PM Resign
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Yemen's president, cabinet resign amid rebel standoffYemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has resigned under pressure from Shiite rebels who seized the capital in September and have confined the embattled leader to his home for the past two days.
Presidential officials said Hadi resigned after being pressured to make concessions to the rebels, known as Houthis. He had earlier pledged political concessions in return for the rebels withdrawing from his house and the nearby presidential palace, but Houthi fighters remained deployed around both buildings throughout the day.
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Yemen's president and PM 'resign'Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his Prime Minister, Khaled Baha, have resigned, officials said.
It comes amid an ongoing stand-off with Shia Houthi rebels.
Houthi gunmen have a tight grip on the capital, Sanaa, and are holding a presidential aide who was abducted last week.
There are reports that Yemen's parliament has refused to accept the president's resignation.
The Houthi leadership had previously committed to withdrawing from key positions around the presidential palace and the home of President Hadi.
From the Left
Yemen’s political turmoil deepens as president, Cabinet resignsYemen’s Western-backed president and the rest of the country’s leadership resigned Thursday, news reports said, following days of chaos that have left well-armed rebels in effective control.
The resignations, reported by the Associated Press, plunged the key U.S. ally into political uncertainty. The rebels — believed backed by Iran — seem to hold the upper hand as the country’s de facto leaders amid a power vacuum.
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