Yemen’s Bahah Returns to Aden
Local Editor
The prime minister and cabinet of the exiled Yemeni government returned on Jan. 25 to the volatile southern port city of Aden, months after he was targeted in an ISIS suicide bombing that forced him to flee the country.
Khaled Bahah’s return is aimed at establishing a so-called permanent government presence in Aden, officials in his office said, even as the country is torn apart by civil war. The officials didn’t provide more information.
Yemen has been torn by conflict since 2014, when Shiite rebels known as Houthis and allied with a former president captured large swaths of the country, including the capital, Sanaa, which they took in September that year.
In March 2015, a coalition of mainly Gulf Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Yemen and later, a ground operation. More than 5,800 people have been killed and over 80 percent of Yemen’s population is in dire need of food, water and other aid, according to the United Nations.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
