All employees of the Russian Embassy left Yemen. On Tuesday, December 12, RIA Novosti reported citing a statement of the official representative of the MFA of Russia Maria Zakharova.
“Given the situation in Sanaa, the decision on the temporary suspension of the Russian diplomatic presence in Yemen,” she said. According to Zakharov, the Ambassador of the employees are to perform their functions, while in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
4 December in Yemen, was killed by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Previously, the current head of state Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi ordered to send troops to the capital Sana’a, where the conflict continues between the former allies — the rebels-Houthis and supporters of Saleh. As reported by Sky News Arabia, by 4 December the victims of the fighting were at least 245 people.
In Yemen a few years of civil war. One of the warring parties is the military wing of the Houthis (the Shiite movement “Ansar Allah”) and those loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the army, the other troops expelled their Sunni President Abd-rabbu Mansour Hadi and the Saudi-led coalition.
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