President Hadi orders military restructure following air crashes Sanaa – Ali Rabea Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has dismissed a number of Air Force leaders in his country due to a recent increase in fighter pilot crashes. The Yemeni air force confirmed on Sunday that President Hadi had fired a number of its leaders, employing others in their place. Hadi stated that the air force contained \"bad elements\" that will destroy the armed forces by eliminating its unity. He also demanded a detailed report about the causes of fighter planes.
The president denied that his decision was a political one, and stated that the only criteria in which new employees were chosen was efficiency.
Meanwhile, Mohamed Salem Basendwah the Yemeni Prime Minister returned to Sanaa on Sunday after a month long absence. Rumours of Basendwah’s dismissal have circulated amid accusations of the inability of the governement to meet the security requirements of Yemen. However, it was revealed that the PM has been undergoing surgery in Jordan for prostate cancer.
In conjunction with Basendwahs’s return to Yemen, tribal insurgents attacked the main power transmission lines in Marib, causing power problems in the capital Sanaa and other cities.
Government authorities confirmed that two attacks on transmission lines within 12 hours left Sanaa without power.