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| Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels 'announce takeover' | Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels 'announce takeover' |
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| Yemen's Shia Houthi rebel movement has announced it is taking over the government and dissolving parliament. | Yemen's Shia Houthi rebel movement has announced it is taking over the government and dissolving parliament. |
| In a televised statement, the group said a five-member council would act as the president for an interim period. | |
| The group took control of the capital Sanaa in September, forcing the resignation of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in January. | |
| The announcement comes after the failure of UN-brokered peace talks. | The announcement comes after the failure of UN-brokered peace talks. |
| The Houthis set a Wednesday deadline for political parties to reach an agreement on ending the country's political turmoil, threatening to act unilaterally otherwise. | The Houthis set a Wednesday deadline for political parties to reach an agreement on ending the country's political turmoil, threatening to act unilaterally otherwise. |
| Political, military and tribal figures were at the Presidential Palace for the announcement. | |
| But powerful Sunni and southern political parties have not recognised the takeover by the Houthis, who are minority Shia from the north. | |
| Iran has been accused of giving financial and military support to the Houthis - something both have denied. | Iran has been accused of giving financial and military support to the Houthis - something both have denied. |
| Yemen has been riven by instability since protesters inspired by the Arab Spring forced the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2011. | |
| The country is also fighting an al-Qaeda insurgency with the help of US drones. |