🚨 BREAKING: Yemen PM Resigns, New Leader Appointed
🗓️ Date: January 15, 2026
📍 Source: Reuters
Key Update 📰
• Yemen’s Saudi-backed presidential leadership council accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Salem bin Breik
• Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsen Zindani appointed as the new PM to form the next cabinet
Why It Matters 🔑
• Yemen remains a hotspot of Gulf tensions
• Recent months: UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council seized parts of southern & eastern Yemen, near Saudi borders ⚠️
• Saudi-backed forces have largely retaken those areas
• Friction between Saudi Arabia & UAE over geopolitics, oil, and influence continues
Context 🌍
• Yemen’s civil war involves Iran-backed Houthis, Saudi-led coalition, and UAE-backed separatists
• The country faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises
• Political reshuffling signals efforts to stabilize governance amid ongoing conflict