Yemen’s Houthi rebels say that Israeli strikes on Yemen’s capital the previous afternoon killed at least nine people and injured scores in Sanaa.

Yemeni authorities have deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden, in preparation for the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations.

The Pentagon says a group of five militants who seized another commercial ship near Yemen were likely Somali and not Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and were captured by U.S. forces after fleeing the MV Central Park in the Gulf of Aden.

State-run media reports that Yemen’s internationally recognized presidential council has been sworn in in the southern port city of Aden.

The agreement aims to close the rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, nominal allies in a war against Yemens Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Nizar Haitham, a spokesman for the STC, welcomed the coalitions calls for a cease-fire and de-escalation across Yemens southern governorates. In a statement, he emphasized the urgent need to implement the Riyadh deal and thanked Saudi Arabia for its diplomatic role. This spring, Saudi Arabia declared a unilateral cease-fire, which quickly collapsed. The government has rapidly lost credibility, she said, leaving Saudi Arabia in an embarrassing position, caught between Hadi and the separatists even as the Houthis escalate their attacks.

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