Exchange of gunfire between rival Yemeni military forces occurred on Thursday on the footsteps of the residence of the new President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, who was sworn in on Saturday in front of the Yemeni Parliament.
Gunfire battle broke out on Thursday evening between military forces loyal to defected Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who abandoned former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and pledged support to the revolution in March, and security forces under Saleh's nephew's, Yahia Mohammed Saleh, command, eyewitnesses told Yemen Post.
As of yet, the reason of the clash is still unclear with conflicting news circulating in the streets. However, security sources confirmed that the gunfire lasted only for a few minutes.
No reports of causalities have been released.
The incident happened only hours after Hadi issued his first presidential decree in which he appointed new military commanders and changed others.
Hadi has moved to the Presidential Palace on Monday after the official inauguration of him as the new Yemeni President.
He won the presidential election which is a part of the GCC-initiated power transfer deal signed in the Saudi capital of Riyadh in November 23.
Initially Hadi appeared to be reluctant to take the power, but he later responded to calls to save Yemen from an eminent armed