Tag: President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi

Tens of thousands mark 3 years since rebel takeover of Yemen capital

SANAA, Yemen (AFP) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Yemen’s Huthi rebels and their allies gathered in Sanaa on Thursday to mark three years since the rebel takeover of the capital. The Huthis and forces loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh captured Sanaa on September 21, 2014, plunging Yemen into chaos and prompting a Saudi-led military intervention against them the next year. On Thursday, warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition flew overhead as the crowds — Huthi and Saleh supporters — massed in the […]

At least 20 dead in Yemen suicide bombing: military official

ADEN , Yemen (AFP) — A suicide bomber attacked young men queueing up to enlist in the Yemeni army in the southern port city of Aden on Monday, killing at least 20, a military official said. The bomber detonated an explosives belt after joining the queue at the recruitment center near the Badr base in the Khormaksar district of the city, where the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi is based. bur-mou/tm/ak/kir © 1994-2016 Agence […]