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| Hadi considers Aden not Sana'a as Yemen capital: Aide |
| 2015-03-08 |
| [Iran Press TV] Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi regards the southern port city of Aden as the Arab country's capital, an aide says. The aide, quoting Hadi, said on Saturday that Aden became the capital of the Arab country when the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... fighters took control of Sana'a last September. The Yemeni president's claim is totally symbolic as moving the capital requires a change in the Arab country's constitution. Some Persian Gulf Arab states have already relocated their embassies from Sana'a to Aden. Hadi, along with the cabinet of Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, stepped down in late January, but the Yemeni parliament did not approve the president's resignation. Last month, the Houthi Ansarullah movement dissolved the parliament and announced a constitutional declaration on the Transitional National Council. The constitutional declaration said that the council will be set up to elect the presidential council in a bid to end the country's persisting political deadlock. |
| Posted by:Fred |