Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi announced his abdication only days after a two-month cease-fire took effect, a sign that Saudi Arabia and its allies may be looking for a pathway out of the bloodshed.
The two-month truce, brokered by the United Nations, offers hope for a reduction of violence in a war that has rattled the Arabian Peninsula and caused a humanitarian crisis.
Both the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebels said they would stop fighting, but further progress toward an end to the seven-year war in the country was uncertain.
Saudi officials accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of launching the attack, which cast a shadow over a Formula One car race aimed at international spectators.