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Friday, February 6, 2015

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Take Over Government Friday Feb 06,2015

Yemen's dominant Houthi movement dissolved Parliament on Friday Feb 06,2015 and said a new interim Assembly and government would be formed, a move denounced by a main political faction as a coup.

Yemen has been in political limbo since President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the government of Prime Minister Khaled Bahah resigned last month after the Houthis seized the presidential palace and confined the head of state to his residence in a struggle to tighten control.

The Houthis, who became power brokers when they overran Sanaa in September 2014, had been holding talks with the main political factions trying to agree a way out of the stand-off.

Friday's declaration suggested that the Houthis had taken on more powers, including forming the new Parliament and control over the military and security forces.

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