Yemen’s ruling council names new cabinet

The head of Yemen’s ruling leadership council has named a new Cabinet, weeks after deadly clashes in the country’s south and the dissolution of a separatist group. The escalation has exposed cracks in a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council, announced the cabinet in a presidential decree published by the country’s State-run SABA news agency late on Friday. The 35-member Cabinet is chaired by Prime Minister Shae’a al-Zandani, who also serves as foreign minister. It included only two women: Afrah al-Zouba, minister of planning and international cooperation, and Ahd Jaasous, State minister for women’s affairs.