Yemeni opposition announces united front against Houthis
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Opponents of Yemen's Houthi militia announced the formation of a national alliance on Saturday to restore the authority of the state, in a major shakeup of Yemen's political landscape.
Shi'ite Muslim Houthis invaded Yemen's capital, Sanaa, in September and dissolved parliament last month. That created a political vacuum which is threatening to push the nation towards a civil war.
The coalition, called the National Salvation Alliance, formally unites players from across Yemen's regional and ideological divides. It may strengthen their hand in ongoing United Nations-backed talks for a unity government.
"Its goal is to protect the state from collapse and disintegration while seeking to build a federal, democratic Yemen which rejects militias no matter whose side they may be on," Manea al-Matari, a former protest organizer and a member of the bloc, told Reuters.
