The apparent coup in Yemen last month, when President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned after Houthi rebels occupied his palace, is now official. The Houthis announced today that they are dissolving the country’s parliament and replacing it with a 151-member “presidential council” for a two-year transitional period. Hadi and his cabinet are being held under house arrest. Mohammad al-houthi, the brother of Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi is now the country’s de facto leader.
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