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Saudis Move Embassy to Yemen's Former Capital in Bid to Support Ousted Hadi

© REUTERS / Stringer Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) shakes hands with a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) delegate as the GCC Secretary-General Abdulatif al-Zayani (3rd L) looks ahead of talks at the Republian Palace in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 25, 2015
Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) shakes hands with a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) delegate as the GCC Secretary-General Abdulatif al-Zayani (3rd L) looks ahead of talks at the Republian Palace in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 25, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The trend toward dual power in Yemen was reinforced as Saudi Arabia and Qatar moved their embassies to a former capital, and Ansar Allah announced that the ousted president is a wanted man.

Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi speaks during the closing session of the national dialogue conference in Sanaa, Yemen. Hadi submited his resignation Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, over a standoff with Shiite rebels who control the capital. - Sputnik International
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Saudi Arabia and Qatar have moved their embassies in Yemen from the capital of Sanaa to the former capital of South Yemen, Aden, Saudi Arabian newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported.

"All other embassies of Persian Gulf countries will also begin their work in Southern Yemen after facilities are prepared for them," a source from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a forum of Persian Gulf monarchies, told the newspaper, adding that the GCC will provide Hadi with all necessary means to overcome the present situation.

Meanwhile, the Ansar Allah movement which seized power in Yemen earlier in February announced that Hadi is a wanted man and that it is coordinating a search for him together with the country's security forces.

Sitting down for a meeting, Yemen President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi listens as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel welcomes him to the Pentagon - Sputnik International
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"Abd Rabbuh [al-Hadi] won't succeed. He isn't welcomed in the south, or even the army and security force. He has no political blueprint of vision. What he has is directives from the West and from Gulf countries," a high-ranking member of the movement told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

Yemen's deposed president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi fled Yemen's capital on February 21, after what Yemeni media said were negotiations mediated by Iran and Oman, in which Hadi allegedly promised to recognize the new Houthi government in exchange for his release. However, once he was in Aden, Hadi declared that he considers the Houthi government's decisions "illegal" and withdrew his resignation.

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