¨     Yemen's Prime Minister Salem bin Breik resigned and his resignation has been accepted by Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential leadership council.

¨     Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsen Zindani has been appointed as new Prime Minister of Yemen.
¨     In recent months, Yemen has been a source of increased conflicts between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
¨     In December, Southern Transitional Council obtained control of areas across southern and eastern Yemen in December.
¨     With this, Southern Transitional Council, a UAE-backed separatist group, advanced to within reach of the Saudi border.
¨     Saudi Arabia considered a threat to its national security and Saudi-backed fighters have mostly retaken those areas.
¨     Other issues of differences between two Gulf powers range from geopolitics to oil output.  
¨     Earlier, Saudi Arabia and the UAE came together battling the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's civil war.