Yemen's min. calls on people to take to the streets

2018-03-12 09:44:42

(MENAFN) On Sunday, Yemen's State Minister Salah Sayyadi called on citizens to come out on the streets and urged the return of their 'president' who fled the country in 2015.

In a post on Facebook, he said Yemen will plunge into a catastrophe unless President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi returns to the country from Saudi Arabia.

"Everyone should do their best to stop Iran's militia in the country and put an end to the coup," he said.

While some local activists and media outlets claim that Hadi is being held in the kingdom against his will, other reports says that he had left the country fearing a siege by Houthi rebels of the port city Aden.

Yemen has remained dogged by violence since 2014, when the Shia Houthi militia overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa.

Saudi Arabia and some other countries attacked Yemen in March 2015 to re-empower the deposed president of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Thousands of Yemenis have been killed in the Arabian-American coalition's attack and more than 2,000 have died due to cholera epidemic.

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