Yemen’s UN-recognised government has signed a Saudi Arabian-brokered power sharing agreement with separatists in the south of the country after months of fighting in the area.
The deal aims to create a new, cohesive government capable of challenging the Iranian-backed Houthi forces that control the capital, Sana’a, and the north.
The agreement, formally sealed at a signing ceremony in Riyadh on Tuesday, is short on specifics but is expected to share out ministries equally between the UN-backed government led by Abd-rabbu Mansour Hadi and the backers of the president of the Southern Transitional Council, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi.