Former Yemeni President Flees To Aden

A protester holds up a poster of Yemen's former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi during an anti-Houthi demonstration in Sanaa February 21, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

VOA: Former Yemeni President Flees Capital After Rebels Let Him Go



WASHINGTON — Aides to former Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi say he has left the capital, Sana'a, after Shi'ite rebels let him go following weeks of house arrest.


The aides told Western media Saturday that Hadi was headed to the southern city of Aden, his home town.



Update: Yemen's former leader flees to Aden -- Reuters



WNU Editor: Another American ally abandoned and on the run .... so much for the White House touting Yemen as a success story last year .