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Yemen’s President Describes Rebels As ‘Puppets of Iran’

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thinkstock 3.28.15 yemenmap?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1427575816352Istimages/iStock/Thinkstock (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt) — The embattled President of Yemen described the Shiite rebels currently seizing large chunks of the country as “puppet of Iran” during a speech on Saturday at an Arab League summit in Egypt.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left Yemen on Thursday for refuge in Saudi Arabia amid the ongoing violence.

Hadi has directly blamed Iran for Yemen’s descent into chaos, and is demanding that airstrikes continue against rebel positions until they surrender.

A coalition led by Saudi Arabia of Arab states is currently conducting an air campaign against the Shiite Houthi rebels.

Yemen’s foreign minister said on Saturday that Yemen’s president will not return to Yemen until “the situation settles.”


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