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| Yemen's Hadi appoints new Aden governor |
| 2015-07-21 |
| [AA.TR] Yemeni president-in-exile Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi on Monday appointed a new governor of the war-torn country's southern Aden province three days after his supporters retook it from the Shia 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militia. In a presidential decree issued from Riyadh, Hadi appointed Nayef al-Bakri, a former deputy governor of the province, to the post of governor, according to Yemen's official news agency. Al-Bakri had been one of the government officials who did not flee Aden when it was overrun by Houthi turbans earlier this year. On Friday, Khaled Bahah, Yemen's vice-president and prime minister, declared that Aden had been "liberated" from the Houthis and allied forces loyal to ousted 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... Clashes, however, remain ongoing on the outskirts of the city, which is considered the country's commercial and economic capital. |
| Posted by:Fred |