SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni rebels in control of the capital ordered the finance ministry on Thursday to suspend all payments except salaries to state employees, in an apparent tightening of their control over government bodies.
Abdelmalek al-Ejri, a member of the political bureau of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement, or Ansarullah, told Reuters the measure was at the request of employees anxious that public funds be protected at a time of uncertainty.
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