SANAA, Yemen — Shiite rebels holding Yemen’s president in his home reached an agreement with the US-backed leader Wednesday to end a violent standoff in the capital, the country’s state news agency reported.

The deal promised to give the rebel Houthi movement more say in the affairs of the Arab world’s poorest country in exchange for removing its fighters from President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s home, the SABA news agency said.

However, the late-night deal left unanswered who really controls the country and how much power is still held by Hadi, a key ally in U.S. efforts to battle Yemen’s local al-Qaeda branch.