By Mohammed Mukhashaf
ADEN(Reuters), – Yemen’s president sought to resume his duties as head of state on Sunday, holding his first public engagement with state officials since he fled house arrest in Sanaa by the Houthi group that dominates the northern half of the country.
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi convened governors of several southern provinces and military commanders at the presidential retreat in the economic hub of Aden, in a meeting which was broadcast on the city’s local television channel.
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Western countries are worried that unrest in Yemen could create opportunities for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to plot more attacks against international targets.
(Additional reporting by Mohammed Ghobari in Sanaa and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo, Writing by Sami Aboudi, Editing by William Maclean and William Hardy)
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