Sanaa: The Prime Minister of the International Government of Yemen, the former diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Bin Mubarak, announced his resignation on Saturday, saying that he was unable to fully exercise his powers.
The Government of Yemen withdrew to Aden in the South after the Houthi rebels seized the Sanaa capital in 2014, then checked most of the population centers in the country of the poor Arabian Peninsula.
A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened to support the government besieged in 2015, but with little success.
“I just met his excellence the president of the presidential leadership council, Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, and resigned from his post as Prime Minister,” published Bin Mubarak on X, also sharing his letter of resignation.
“I could not exercise my constitutional powers and make the necessary decisions to reform government institutions or implement legitimate government changes,” said the letter.
Its move occurs while the employee Houthis a campaign of missile attacks against Israel and target shipping in key water in what they say to be a demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinians for the conflict in Gaza.
Bin Mubarak said that despite obstacles, he had managed to succeed in “many successes in a short time”, citing budgetary and administrative reforms and an anti-corruption campaign.
However, analyst Mohammed Albasha, from Basha Report Advisory, based in the United States, said AFP This Bin Mubarak had been “in constant friction with the presidential board of directors”.
Albasha said the main engine of the resignation was that “Bin Mubarak wanted to be more than the Prime Minister – he wanted the powers of the presidency. This aspiration has politically isolated him.
“His desire for greater power – considered by many to be fueled by personal ambition – has led to repeated confrontations with key ministers and most of the council members.”
“Over time, this power struggle has eroded confidence,” he added.
Bin Mubarak, the former Yemen ambassador to the United States, is an ardent opponent of the Houthis, who removed him in 2015 and held him captive for several days.
He previously was chief of staff of the presidential office and was also appointed envoy of Yemen to the United Nations in 2018. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2018 and Prime Minister on February 5, 2024.
Bin Mubarak called on the European Union to designate the Houthis a terrorist group and advocated increased military support for government forces while the Houthis launched the attacks on the Red Sea.
His departure is expected to “mitigate internal tensions and reduce the deep divisions that have tormented the International Government of Yemen – a necessary and positive step towards restoration of cohesion,” said Albasha.
The conflict in Yemen caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and sparked one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, although the fighting has decreased considerably since the United Nations negotiated a six -month truce in April 2022.
Since the fighting in the Gaza Strip broke out in October 2023 after Hamas attacked Israel, the Houthis have targeted Israel on several occasions and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden who, according to them, have been linked.
The Houthis interrupted their attacks in a recent two-month-old Gaza ceasefire, but in March, threatened to resume the attacks on the aid blockade from Israel from Gaza sparked a renewed and sustained American air campaign in areas in Yemen under rebellious control.
