Houthi fighters in police uniform guard outside the president palace in Sanaa February 6, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's dominant Houthi movement dissolved parliament on Friday and said a new interim assembly and government would be formed, a move denounced by a main political faction as a coup.
Yemen has been in political limbo since President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the government of Prime Minister Khaled Bahah resigned last month after the Houthis seized the presidential palace and confined the head of state to his residence in a struggle to tighten control.
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