LONDON/DUBAI: King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have offered their condolences to Yemen on the death of former president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who died aged 80 on Thursday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Hadi, who led the country through years of political upheaval and civil war, died at his residence in Riyadh. Hadi, a former military commander from southern Yemen, served for nearly two decades as deputy to longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh before becoming president in 2012 following Saleh’s resignation.

Hadi resigned as president in 2022 and had reportedly been living in virtual house arrest in Riyadh ever since

Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who ceded power to a leadership council in 2022, dies at 81 after years of exile in Saudi Arabia.

Former Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi has died at the age of 81 in Riyadh.

Former general took power in 2012 but saw country slide into civil war