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| SANA, Yemen — Yemen’s Parliament on Sunday called off a meeting that was supposed to discuss the resignation of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, extending the state of political deadlock and exacerbating tensions in the streets of the capital. | SANA, Yemen — Yemen’s Parliament on Sunday called off a meeting that was supposed to discuss the resignation of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, extending the state of political deadlock and exacerbating tensions in the streets of the capital. |
| “Members aren’t allowed in, and no one will attend,” Yehia Al Mathari, a member of Parliament, said by telephone as he walked away from the building and back to his car. “Al Sayyid will decide what happens next,” he continued, referring to Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Shiite-led rebel group now in control of the capital, Sana. | |
| At Change Square in the capital, the symbolic center of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, Houthi rebels fired live ammunition in the air to disperse an opposition protest. The demonstration, which started with only 20 protesters, drew more support as soon as gunshots were heard. | |
| “Leave, leave,” people screamed at the Houthis, who, according to witnesses, assaulted and detained several of the protesters. |