Pro-Hadi forces arresting, expelling people from Aden

Forces loyal to Yemen’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have been arresting and evicting hundreds of civilians from the southern port city of Aden to the north.

According to Press TV, local officials said on Sunday pro-Hadi forces were raiding shops, restaurants and homes, detaining more than 2,000 people whom they said posed a security threat.

Aden reportedly fell to the pro-Hadi forces, backed by Saudi air cover, after fierce fighting with fighters from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement in July 2015.

Yemen has been under military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March last year. At least 9,400 people, including 4,000 women and children, have been martyred, and over 16,000 others injured since the onset of the aggression on Yemen aimed at shoring up Hadi’s former regime and undermining the Ansarullah movement.

Representatives from Ansarullah movement and the Saudi-backed former government began UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait on April 21.

Both sides are reportedly still addressing ways to consolidate a ceasefire deal that went into effect on April 11, and have yet to reach a political settlement.

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