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  • Yemen Houthis take charge

    Published on February 7, 2015

    vlcsnap-2015-02-07-13h20m25Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement dissolved parliament on Friday and said a new interim assembly and government would be formed, a move denounced by a main political faction as a coup.

    In a televised statement, the group said, a five-member council would act as the president for an interim period.

    The group took control of the capital Sanaa in September, forcing the resignation of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in January.

    The announcement comes after the failure of UN-brokered peace talks.

    The Houthis set a Wednesday deadline for political parties to reach an agreement on ending the country’s political turmoil, threatening to act unilaterally otherwise.

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