SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has attended a rare session of parliament in an eastern city. More than 130 lawmakers attended the session and elected Sultan al-Borkani as speaker. It is split between Houthi supporters, government supporters and independents. Yemen’s government has been based in the southern city of Aden since 2015, but Hadi and other top officials live in Saudi Arabia. Local authorities in Aden, who are allied with the United Arab Emirates, refused to allow parliament to convene there.

Source: Washington Post April 13, 2019 08:48 UTC