Yemen's presidential office denied on Tuesday that President Hadi
issued or plans to issue decrees to fire commander of the republican
guard, the elder son of the former president, and chief of staff of
the central security forces, a nephew of the former president.

The official news agency Saba quoted a source at the office as saying
the reports including the original story on the official Althawra
website about decrees to fire military and security chiefs were
'untrue'.

"Such reports were inciting, sabotaging and aimed at inflaming the
situation in Yemen," Saba quoted the presidential source as saying.

The original story, which has been removed by Althawra, also talked
about republican decrees to sack commander of the first armored
division in the next two days.

In its comment on the situation, Althawra said its website was hacked
and it had nothing to do with such news which was not in line with its
policies and ethics.

Officials at the official newspaper said they will contact the host of
the website to identify those who hacked the website.

Earlier today, editor-in-chief of Althawra, Abdulrahman Bajash,
resigned, but there were not reports whether the decision was because
of the story or not.

Yemen has launched major efforts to end the division of the army and
to restructure the national forces under a West-backed power-transfer
deal.

When the popular uprising erupted against the former regime last year,
key military units including the first armored division defected to it
and the army has since been divided.

The parties and the public are demanding to end the division blamed on
the alarming security disorder in Yemen and to sack senior military
and security commanders, mainly relatives and loyalists of the former
president including his elder son, commander of the republican guard,
and his nephew, Yahya Saleh, chief of staffs at the central security
forces.