Yemen rebels take port city, province near capital

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11. Houthis secure six ministerial portfolios in new Yemeni cabinet

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement has secured six cabinet seats in the new Yemeni government, at the same time that President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi retained the right to appoint ministers of defense, interior, finance, and foreign affairs.

Interim Prime Minister Khaled Bahah announced on Saturday the 34 ministerial portfolios that will form the country’s new cabinet, as well as the distribution of posts among Yemen’s political factions.

The posts will be divided among the parties and groups that formed the signatories to the Peace and Partnership agreement signed last month in a bid to put an end to the month-long mass protests the Houthis had staged in the capital, Sana’a.

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