Yemen's parliament on Sunday again postponed an extraordinary session which had been due to discuss president Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi's resignation, prolonging the power vacuum gripping the country. Hadi, a key US ally in the fight against Al-Qaeda, submitted his resignation to parliament on Thursday plunging the country into chaos after a deadly standoff with Shiite militia in control of the capital. The speaker of parliament, Yahya al-Raie, travelled to neighbouring Saudi Arabia to offer his condolences on the death of king Abdullah on Friday, Saudi state television reported. The fall of Hadi's Western-backed government would raise fears of complete chaos engulfing Yemen, strategically located next to oil giant Saudi Arabia and on the key shipping route from the Suez Canal to the Gulf.
01-25-2015, 07:32 PM
Yemen parliament postpones meeting on president resignation
Yemen's parliament on Sunday again postponed an extraordinary session which had been due to discuss president Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi's resignation, prolonging the power vacuum gripping the country. Hadi, a key US ally in the fight against Al-Qaeda, submitted his resignation to parliament on Thursday plunging the country into chaos after a deadly standoff with Shiite militia in control of the capital. The speaker of parliament, Yahya al-Raie, travelled to neighbouring Saudi Arabia to offer his condolences on the death of king Abdullah on Friday, Saudi state television reported. The fall of Hadi's Western-backed government would raise fears of complete chaos engulfing Yemen, strategically located next to oil giant Saudi Arabia and on the key shipping route from the Suez Canal to the Gulf.
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