Major win for Hadi as air force chief steps down


Issue 922 - 27 Apr 2012 | 4 minute read

After more than two weeks of wrangling and the temporary closure of Sanaa airport, the head of Yemen’s air force, Mohammed Saleh Al Ahmar – a half-brother of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh – stepped down on 24 April, a resignation seen as a major victory for President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in his attempt to restructure the military

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