CAIRO, January 22 (Sputnik) — The Yemeni government submitted on Thursday a letter of resignation to President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Thursday amid a standoff with Houthi militia, Sky News Arabiya television reported.
According to Al Jazeera, the country's president also redigns together with his government.
BREAKING: Yemen’s president and cabinet resign amid standoff with Houthis. More soon.
— AJE News (@AJENews) 22 января 2015
Tensions in the country flared last Saturday after Hadi's chief of staff was kidnapped with two of his guards by the rebels. Ongoing clashes between government forces and fighters have been reported across the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, since early Monday.
The Shiite Houthi are a major opposition force in Yemen that was involved in removing former Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh from office in 2012. In September 2014, the insurgency spread to the central and western parts of the country.
Reports emerged on Wednesday that an agreement has been reached between Hadi and the Houthi opposition movement. As per the deal, the Yemeni president pledged to accept four of the Shiite rebels' demands, while the rebels promised to withdraw from the presidential palace seized on Tuesday.
During a televised address on Tuesday, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned Hadi that militants would take measures unless the president initiates constitutional changes.
