The half-brother of slain former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been appointed to a top spot in the country’s military, announced the government. A presidential decree published on the state-run Saba news agency named Ali al-Humeiri, half-brother of Saleh, head of Yemens army reserve. The appointment could signal an overture between the government of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, which has fought the Iran-backed Houthi militias for four years, and political factions still loyal to slain Saleh, a government official in Aden said. Ali Abdullah Saleh was murdered by the Houthis in December only days after he announced that he was severing his alliance with them and calling for opening a new chapter in ties with the Saudi-led Arab Coalition. Humeiri fled the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, to Saudi Arabia following Salehs death.