Yemeni president returns to Aden after 6-month exile

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Yemeni president returns to Aden after 6-month exile
Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi

Aden, Yemen - An alliance of Arab states intervened in the country's civil war with the aim of restoring Hadi, and have helped drive Houthi forces back from Aden.

By Reuters

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Published: Tue 22 Sep 2015, 6:00 PM

Last updated: Tue 22 Sep 2015, 8:17 PM

Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi landed in Aden on Tuesday, airport sources said, returning to the southern port city for the first time since he escaped to Saudi Arabia as Houthi fighters closed in six months ago.
A government source said Hadi would spend Eid Al Adha in Aden and then fly to New York to deliver a speech at the United Nations. Last week, Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and seven ministers returned to Aden to take up residence in the city.
An alliance of Arab states intervened in the country's civil war in March with the aim of restoring Hadi, and have helped drive Houthi forces back from Aden.
Gulf ground troops are now trying to push into Houthi strongholds in northern Yemen and in Sanaa, which the group seized a year ago. So far, they appear to have made few gains.
Alliance warplanes bombed two houses in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, medics said.


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