DHAKA: Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets on Saturday in the biggest demonstration yet against the Houthi group that dominates Yemen, two days after president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s resignation left the country in political limbo.

Witnesses said up to 10,000 people began marching from Sanaa University towards Hadi’s home some 3 km away, repeating chants denouncing both the Shia Muslim Houthi group and predominantly Sunni al Qaeda.

‘Long live the Yemeni people. No to Houthis and no to Affash,’ the crowd shouted, using a nickname for former president Ali Abdullah Saleh who was toppled in a 2011 uprising against his 33-year-rule.

Saleh had been cited by the UN Security Council for aiding the Houthis to capture Sanaa, capital of the predominantly Sunni country, in September.

BDST: 1643 HRS, JAN 24, 2015