Overview
- Presidential Leadership Council chief Rashad al-Alimi appointed Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsin Zindani to form a new government after accepting Prime Minister Salem bin Breik’s resignation.
- The current cabinet will continue in a caretaker capacity until a new lineup is announced, according to the state news agency Saba.
- The council removed Southern Transitional Council figures Faraj Salmeen al-Bahsani and earlier Aidarous al-Zubaidi from the presidential body and later named Mahmoud al-Subaihi and Salem al-Khanbashi as replacements.
- December advances by the UAE-aligned Southern Transitional Council into Hadramaut and Al-Mahrah drew a Saudi denunciation as an unjustified escalation, underscoring rifts between the Gulf partners.
- Saudi Arabia provided $90 million to cover two months of public-sector salaries in Yemen, a day after pledging $500 million for humanitarian projects.