Yemen's Hadi Arrives in Egypt for Arab League Summit
Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in Egypt Friday for a weekend Arab League summit at which his country takes center stage amid Saudi-led coalition attacks on Huthi rebels.
State television broadcast footage of Hadi's arrival at the summit venue, the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, where he was greeted by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
On Thursday, Hadi flew to the capital of Saudi Arabia, which the same day launched air strikes against the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen at his request.
He will attend the two-day Arab League summit beginning Saturday that is expected to focus on creating an Arab military force, a project that has been given greater impetus by the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.
Arab coalition warplanes bombed rebel camps in Yemen for a second straight day Friday as Riyadh accused Iran of "aggression" across the region.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly also mobilized 150,000 troops near its border with Yemen.
Source: Agence France Presse
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/173404 |