Irreconcilable forces are tussling for control of the capital.
Eliminating Houthi control of the capital remains as distant a prospect as ever.
They had taken control of the capital and much of southern Somalia.
The Samurai-dokoro, besides handling legal judgments, was entrusted with the control of the capital.
"I feel the government of Assad is losing its control of the capital," he added.
Mr. Ravalomanana has seized control of the capital, Antananarivo, and has installed his alternative ministers in almost all government offices.
In 1991, the longtime dictator Siad Barre lost control of the capital, setting off Somalia's ongoing civil war.
The Chadian military struggled to regain control of the capital, Ndjamena, using tanks and helicopter gunships, officials said.
Since then, a rebel group calling itself Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, has made three advances for control of the capital.
"One of the big reasons the people have distanced themselves from the government is that the government only has control of the capital," he said.
The rebels, members of the Zaydi offshoot of Shia Islam, seized control of the capital, Sana'a, last year and placed Hadi under house arrest.
