On Thursday, Yemen’s exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi handed over control to a presidential council, in a surprise step backed by Hadi’s primary sponsor Saudi Arabia. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels that the Saudi-led coalition is fighting in Yemen were passionately opposed to both the president, who had been in power for a decade, and his … Read more
Many Yemenis are not saddened by the end of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s term in office. That says a lot about the president of a guy seen as a “accidental” leader who has been unable to properly lead government troops during the country’s almost eight-year civil war. When Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s 33-year leader, … Read more
SANAA — Yemen’s Houthi militia on Thursday claimed responsibility for launching five ballistic missiles at a military base in Saudi Arabia. “We fired five ballistic missiles at the headquarters, weapons depot and warplane hangars in Alwajib camp in Jizan city,” Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea was quoted by the militia’s al-Masirah TV as saying. “The … Read more
