Houthi fighters have taken full control of Yemen’s presidential palace in the capital Sanaa, ahead of an expected address by the Shia group’s leader, after a brief clash with the compound’s security guards, witnesses and security sources say.
The development came a day after the parties in the conflict said at two separate times they had agreed to a ceasefire.
The ceasefires were intended to pave the way for negotiations on Tuesday, still under way, between the opposing parties: the internationally backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the group.
Guards at the presidential palace housing the main office of Hadi said they handed over the compound to Houthi fighters after a brief clash on Tuesday.
Houthi leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, for years the chief negotiator for Shia Houthis, was due to give an address later on Tuesday. The son of a cleric, he is part of Zaidi Shia family from northwestern Yemen.
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