Yemen crisis: President returns to Aden

Yemen’s president has returned to the southern city of Aden after six months in exile, his office says. Officials at the city’s airport confirmed a plane carrying Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi had landed on Tuesday. A government source told the Reuters news agency Mr Hadi would spend the festival of Eid al-Adha in Aden before flying […]

Yemen’s president has returned to the southern city of Aden after six months in exile, his office says.
Officials at the city’s airport confirmed a plane carrying Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi had landed on Tuesday.
A government source told the Reuters news agency Mr Hadi would spend the festival of Eid al-Adha in Aden before flying to New York to address the UN.
He fled Aden in late March as Houthi rebels advanced on the city, triggering air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition.
In July, pro-government militiamen and soldiers drove the Houthis and allied army units loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of Aden with the help of coalition ground forces.
However, residents have complained that Aden has descended into chaos and lawlessness, with jihadist militants affiliated to al-Qaeda and Islamic State seen on the city’s streets, and that the local authorities have been slow to restore services.