Yemen govt, STC sign power sharing deal‏

Sources familiar with the agreement said that a first draft has been signed which indicates a specific time to form the new government.

It is understood that Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi will nominate 24 members of the government equally split between the southern and northern provinces of the war-torn country.

The deal, over-seen by Saudi Arabia, would see the STC handed a number of ministries and the government return to the southern city of Aden as its interim capital, according to official sources and reports in Saudi media. It will be signed officially with the presence of Hadi and the head of the Aden-based STC Aidarous Zubaidi in two days in Riyadh.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Yemeni prime minister is expected to fly to Aden in the next ten days to oversee the deal.