Yemen’s Houthi faction dissolves parliament

(The Guardain)- Yemen’s dominant Houthi faction has dissolved the country’s parliament and said it plans to form a new interim assembly.

The new assembly will elect a five-member interim presidential council to manage the country’s affairs, according to a televised statement on Friday.

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