Yemen's President, Cabinet resign

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Source: CNN

Yemen's President and Cabinet have resigned, Yemeni officials said Thursday -- moves that came a day after the government and Houthi rebels struck a tentative peace deal meant to end days of turmoil.

News of Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi's resignation came Thursday night, shortly after a government representative said Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Mahfoudh Abdullah Bahah and the country's Cabinet had quit.

Rebels in Yemen have yet to release a kidnapped senior aide to the President, Information Minister Nadia Sakkaf said Thursday, despite it being a key provision of a tentative peace deal meant to end days of turmoil.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/22/world/yemen-violence/

[TwilightGardener]

1. So...still no plans to get Americans out of there, since we no longer have a

government that is friendly to our interests? Anybody want to get 'em out of there?

[bemildred]

3. +1.

This has been going on for some time now. We seem to be dithering over what to do.

[TwilightGardener]

4. The Pentagon moved ships into position days ago. WHO is refusing to make the call?

Is it Kerry, or the President?

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5. Either sounds plausible to me.

I'd pick Kerry I suppose, he may still have elections to run.

[quadrature]

2. the Arab-Spring' keeps on delivering

Libya..chaos
Syria...chaos
Egypt...chaos, then back to old-style normal
Yemen...chaos
Mali..chaos, then bad-normal

(extended badness)
Nigeria, endless war
Somalia, Al-Shabab, endless war

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Update: Yemen crisis: President resigns as rebels tighten hold

The president of Yemen has resigned along with his prime minister in protest at the takeover of the capital Sanaa by Shia Houthi rebels, creating a dangerous political vacuum.

President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi said he could not continue after the Houthis failed to honour a peace deal.

Parliament has reportedly refused to accept the resignations.

Security sources have told the BBC that Yemen's intelligence chief, Ali Hassan al-Ahmedi, has also stepped down.

There are reports of explosions in the southern port city of Aden, where President Hadi has a strong following.

Houthi rebel figures publicly welcomed the resignation of the president with one proposing the creation of a ruling council.

The council would include Houthi-led groups, Abu al-Malek Yousef al-Fishi was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30936940



Shia Houthi rebels continued to ring the presidential palace in Sanaa on Thursday