Yemeni Protesters Reach Deal In Naming New PM

KABUL: (Middle East Press) Yemen reached an agreement with opposition, who have been protesting for weeks in Sanaa, to end the country’s latest political deadlock, a source close to the presidency said Thursday.

“An agreement was reached late on Wednesday” by which “a new prime minister will be named within 48 hours” and fuel prices will be further cut, the source said.

In return, the opposition have agreed to “dismantle their protest camps and pull their armed men” from Sanaa and its surroundings, the source added.

Yemen’s revolutionary protesters earlier started fighting with the government’s security forces near the capital Sana’a.

The clashes, which also included gunfire, broke out in the Sabaha district amid nationwide anti-government protests on Wednesday.

The Yemeni government has offered to reverse a decision to cut fuel subsidies and form a new government in the Arab country, but Houthis, who resist corruption in the government, insist that it should resign.