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| Yemen PM quits amid rebel clashes | |
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| Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Basindwa has resigned amid escalating clashes in the capital between Shia Houthi rebels and pro-government forces. | |
| The rebels also claim to have taken over government headquarters, key ministries and state broadcasters. | The rebels also claim to have taken over government headquarters, key ministries and state broadcasters. |
| Scores have died and hundreds have fled their homes in the latest crisis. | Scores have died and hundreds have fled their homes in the latest crisis. |
| The latest development comes a day after a UN envoy announced a truce deal - yet to be signed - between the government and the rebels. | |
| The Houthis, based in Yemen's mountainous north, have been advancing on the capital for weeks, skirmishing with rivals and organising mass protests calling for greater rights. | The Houthis, based in Yemen's mountainous north, have been advancing on the capital for weeks, skirmishing with rivals and organising mass protests calling for greater rights. |
| The rebels had been due to sign a power-sharing deal, announced late on Saturday by the United Nations envoy Jamal Benomar. | |
| But as the fighting intensified on Sunday, Mr Basindwa said he would resign in order to pave the way for agreement between the rebels and President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. | |
| Shelling and gunfire have been heard across the capital, despite the imposition of an overnight curfew. | |
| The latest clashes were centred on a military base in Sanaa, and the Iman university complex, considered to be a stronghold of fighters loyal to Islah. | |
| President Hadi has described the rebel offensive as a "coup attempt". | |
| Yemen has remained unstable since an outbreak of anti-government protests in 2011, which forced the then-President Ali Abdallah Saleh from office. | |
| The Houthis, who belong to the minority Zaidi Shia community, have staged periodic uprisings since 2004 to win greater autonomy for their northern heartland of Saada province. | |
| They consolidated control over Saada during the 2011 uprising and since July have inflicted defeats on tribal and militia groups backed by Islah, in neighbouring Amran province. | |
| More recently they have demanded the president reverse a decision to cut fuel subsidies and replace the government. |