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At dawn on Thursday 7 April 2022, the Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi handed power over to the newly-formed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC). He dismissed his vice-President Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar in a sudden development believed to have been pushed by Saudi Arabia, which rewarded the step by pledging $3bn in financial aid to support the Yemeni economy in partnership with the UAE. In February, informed sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister publication, that the Saudi leadership was convinced that the establishment of such a council was necessary to co…