Yemen president cedes powers to council as Saudi Arabia pushes to end war

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By Mohamed Ghobari and Ahmed Tolba ADEN (Reuters) -Yemen’s president delegated power to a presidential council and dismissed his deputy on Thursday in moves aimed at supporting U.N.-led efforts to revive negotiations to end a bitter seven-year war. Riyadh announced $3 billion in financial aid to the Saudi-backed government after the announcement by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. It called for talks with the Houthi group that controls the north and has been battling a Saudi-led coalition. Yemen’s warring sides, in a major breakthrough, agreed on a two-month truce that began on Saturday, the …

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