Yemen’s Saudi-backed ‍presidential leadership ‍council has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Salem bin Breik and appointed Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsin al-Zindani as the ⁠country’s new prime minister.

Axar.az informs, citing Al Jazeera, Bin Breik formally ‍submitted the resignation, which was approved by the council, before Zindani was named to form the next cabinet.

Yemen ⁠has been a source of heightened tensions in recent months between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The main southern Yemeni separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council – which Saudi Arabia says is backed by the UAE – gained control of areas across southern and ​eastern Yemen in December, advancing ‌to within reach of the Saudi border, which the kingdom considered a threat to its national security.

Saudi-backed fighters have ‌since largely retaken those areas.

Sharp differences over a range of other issues, from geopolitics to oil output, have also been a cause of friction between the two Gulf powers.