也門總統哈迪逃離亞丁官邸
Yemeni officials said President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi fled his palace in the southern city of Aden for an undisclosed location in the city Wednesday as Houthi fighters continued their advance to the south.
The officials denied earlier reports that Mr. Hadi had left the city entirely. Aden has been a refuge for Mr. Hadi since last month, when he escaped house arrest by the Houthis in the capital, Sana'a, and went to the city on the Gulf of Aden to try to establish his government there.
The Houthis captured Sana'a last September and have been advancing south toward Aden. The reports that Mr. Hadi had fled came after the rebels took control of the key Al-Anad airbase about 60 kilometers north of the city following clashes with pro-Hadi forces.
Al-Anad was an important intelligence site used by U.S. personnel in the drone campaign targeting militants from the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The U.S. announced Saturday that all of its remaining personnel had left the country because of the deteriorating security situation.
Mr. Hadi appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to authorize a military intervention to halt the Houthi advance.也門官員說，哈迪總統星期三逃離南部城市亞丁的官邸，目前在該城市內某個地方。胡賽反政府武裝正在繼續向南部推進。
也門官員否認了有關哈迪總統已經離開亞丁的報道。 哈迪上個月在首都薩那擺脫胡賽反政府武裝的軟禁，逃到海灣城市亞丁，試圖建立自己的政府。從那時起，亞丁一直是哈迪的避難地。
胡塞反政府武裝去年9月佔領薩那，目前正向南部的亞丁推進。哈迪逃離亞丁的報道出現之前，反政府武裝與親哈迪的軍隊發生衝突，控制了亞丁以北60公里處的埃爾-阿納德空軍基地。
埃爾-阿納德基地是美國軍事人員發動無人機攻擊行動的重要情報基地，無人機攻擊行動的目標是設在也門的阿拉伯半島基地組織。美國上星期六宣佈，由於也門安全局勢惡化，決定撤走所有駐也門人員。
哈迪星期二呼籲聯合國安理會授權軍事幹預，制止胡塞反政府武裝的攻勢。
