Calls for a new chapter in the fight against the rebelsDUBAI: Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi called on Yemenis on Monday to rise up against the Iran-aligned Houthis after the death of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Speaking in a speech carried live on the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television, Hadi also called for a new chapter in the fight against the Houthis, who were allied with Saleh before he turned on them and offered to back the Saudi-led coalition. LIVE: President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi calls on all #Yemenis to rise up against #Houthi militias after #AliAbdullahSaleh's assassination https://t.co/BXBfU7XSMO pic.twitter.com/uqHlD2c8vE — Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) December 4, 2017Yemen’s ex-president Saleh killed in RPG, gun attack on his carYemen’s rebel-controlled interior ministry on Monday announced the “killing” of former president Saleh. The development was confirmed by Saleh’s General People’s Congress party. Read full story
Source: The Express Tribune December 04, 2017 17:15 UTC