Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 23:51:40 +0200
Yemen's Saleh seeks refuge in Ethiopia
Friday, 03 October 2014 11:34
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has decided to flee to Ethiopia
to escape a likely attack by armed Houthi militias, after the group directed
many threats at him and besieged his home, a media source close to the
presidential palace said.
The news website Yemen Ethadi reported that "the regional and international
pressure exerted on the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh aims to force
him to leave political life and Yemen".
"Ethiopia received a request from former President Saleh to reside there and
it accepted the request on the condition that he does not partake in any
political activities during his stay on its territory," the site continued.
Al-Quds Al-Arabi quoted informed sources as saying that the Houthis
besieging Saleh's home after the fall of Sanaa. He received threats from
militants who want revenge for the six wars that took place during his reign
against the group between 2004 and 2010; the first of which lead to the
death of the founder of the Houthis, Hussein Badreddin Al-Houthi, in Saada.
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh
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