"Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential leadership council has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Salem bin Breik and appointed Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsin al-Zindani as the country's new prime minister, the state news agency Saba has reported. Bin Breik formally submitted the resignation, which was approved by the council, before Zindani was named to form the next cabinet, Saba said on Thursday."
"The main southern Yemeni separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council which Saudi Arabia says is backed by the UAE gained control of areas across southern and eastern Yemen in December, advancing to within reach of the Saudi border, which the kingdom considered a threat to its national security. Saudi-backed fighters have since largely retaken those areas. Sharp differences over a range of other issues, from geopolitics to oil output, have also been a cause of friction between the two Gulf powers."
"Meanwhile, Yemen's eight-seat presidential body on Thursday also dismissed a southern separatist currently in the UAE, consolidating Saudi Arabia's full control over the country's decision-making body. It was decided to terminate the membership of Faraj Salmeen Al-Bahsani in the Presidential Leadership Council, the Saudi-backed body said in an official resolution. Bahsani is a vice president of the STC who has been getting treatment in the UAE and was governor of oil-rich Hadramout province, Yemen's largest and one of the two provinces the separatists had seized."
Yemen's Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council accepted Prime Minister Salem bin Breik's resignation and appointed Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsin al-Zindani to form a new cabinet. The change strengthens Saudi influence over Yemen's governing body amid recent clashes involving the Southern Transitional Council (STC). The STC, seen by Riyadh as backed by the UAE, seized large southern and eastern areas before Saudi-backed forces largely retook them. The council also terminated the membership of STC vice president Faraj Salmeen Al-Bahsani, who is receiving treatment in the UAE, reducing separatist representation in the leadership body.
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