SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s president has sacked a governor who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for his ties with al-Qaida. The presidential decree by Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi was issued on Sunday. Hadi removed the governor of the central province of al-Bayda, Nayef al-Qaysi, and named Salah al-Rassass as his replacement. Bayda is a known al-Qaida hotbed, and where the U.S. had carried out airstrikes and raids in the past years hunting the group’s operatives. Al-Qaysi was classified by the U.S. as a “specially designated global terrorist” over allegations that he financed the group.

Source: National Post July 23, 2017 19:41 UTC