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| Yemen Rebels Push Deep into Hadi's Former Refuge Aden |
| 2015-04-03 |
| [AnNahar] Rebels battled their way into the heart of Yemen's main southern city Aden where fighting raged Thursday in the former stronghold of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who has fled overseas. The advance comes despite a week of Saudi-led air strikes aimed at preventing the fall of Hadi, who has taken refuge in Riyadh. The Iran-backed Houthis and allied army units loyal to former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... were advancing on the presidential palace after seizing the key district of Khor Maksar, home to several foreign consulates and U.N. offices, residents said. At least 19 people were killed on Wednesday in festivities pitting the rebels against armed residents and local militia, officials said. Hadi fled to the southern city from the rebel-held capital in February. But he went into hiding last week as the rebels advanced on his last remaining bastion and later resurfaced in the Saudi capital. His aides have said he has no immediate plan to return to Aden. |
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