RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman conveyed the condolences of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the family of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi during a meeting in Riyadh on Saturday. Prince Khalid expressed his sympathies to Hadi’s family as well as to the government and people of Yemen following the former president’s death at the age of 80 on Thursday.

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