article_snippet: Yemen's President and his Cabinet resigned days later.
article_snippet: Ousted President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi says Ousted President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi resignation wasn't valid and maintains that Ousted President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi remains Yemen's leader.
article_snippet: In a statement Sunday, the United Nations Security Council backed Ousted President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, calling for all sides to end armed hostilities and work out differences at the negotiating table.
article_snippet: Peaceful dialogue is the only way forward," said Jamal Benomar, the U.N.'s special adviser on Yemen.
article_snippet: But Jamal Benomar, the U.N.'s special adviser on Yemen gave a dire assessment of the current situation, saying Yemen is in a "rapid downward spiral" and at "the edge of civil war.
article_snippet: This isn't the first time the United Nations Security Council has weighed in on the mounting tensions.
article_snippet: Last month the United Nations Security Council slammed the rebels for taking over democratic institutions and holding officials under house arrest.
article_snippet: On Saturday the State Department said the U.S. military had pulled the State Department remaining personnel out of Yemen due to the deteriorating security situation.
highlights_snippet: The U.N. Security Council backs Yemen's embattled President .
  
highlights_snippet: The U.N. Security Council envoy says Yemen is in a "rapid downward spiral," urges dialogue .
  