Saudi Arabia pressured Yemen‘s president to resign earlier this month, with officials confining him to his home and restricting his communications, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. According to the officials, some Saudi officials threatened to publish what they said was evidence of Hadi’s corruption in their efforts to convince him to resign, the Journal wrote. Since leaving office, Hadi has been confined to his home in Riyadh and denied access to phones, a Saudi official told the Journal. Saudi Arabia welcomed Hadi’s resignation announcement and pledged $3 billion in aid and support for its war-torn neighbor. But the Houthis dismissed Hadi’s resignation as “a desperate attempt to reshuffle the ranks of mercenaries” fighting in Yemen and said peace would come only once foreign forces left.

Source: The Guardian April 18, 2022 13:34 UTC