Four provinces in south Yemen to defy military: local officials
Four provinces from Yemen’s formerly independent south have vowed to defy all military orders from the country’s capital, Sana’a, following the resignation of President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi.
The pro-Hadi committee in charge of military and security affairs in the southern provinces of Aden, Abyan, Lahej,and Daleh made the decision on Friday hours after the embattled president stepped down.
Police and troops are on alert across the four provinces, where they have been instructed to take orders only from the provincial governors and the fourth military region command in Aden.
Hadi’s resignation came shortly after Ansarullah Houthi fighters seized the presidential palace in the capital and apparently struck a deal with the government.
In his resignation letter, Hadi said the country had reached a total deadlock. However, the Yemeni parliament has rejected the president’s resignation and called for an emergency meeting on Sunday.
The Yemeni cabinet headed by Prime Minister Khaled Bahah also handed in its resignation on the same day.
The Houthis seized control of the presidential palace earlier this week, following deadly clashes with government forces.
Yemen’s Shia Houthi movement draws its name from the tribe of its founding leader, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi.
The movement played a key role in the popular 2011 revolution that ended former dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule. Hadi came to power in the same year.
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