Hadi flees Yemen as militia approach Aden: presidential guard
By AFP
25 March 2015 |
10:35 am
Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi fled the country on Wednesday as anti-government forces led by Shiite militiamen closed in on the southern city where he had taken refuge, a source in the presidential guard said.
Yemen’s President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi fled the country on Wednesday as anti-government forces led by Shiite militiamen closed in on the southern city where he had taken refuge, a source in the presidential guard said.
The embattled leader left Aden by helicopter, accompanied by diplomats from Saudi Arabia, from the Maasheeq presidential palace, the source said
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