Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has decided to flee to
Ethiopia to escape a likely attack by armed Houthi militias, after the
group directed many threats at him and besieged his home, a media source
close to the presidential palace said.
The news website Yemen Ethadi reported that "the regional and
international pressure exerted on the former President Ali Abdullah
Saleh aims to force him to leave political life and Yemen".
"Ethiopia received a request from former President Saleh to reside
there and it accepted the request on the condition that he does not
partake in any political activities during his stay on its territory,"
the site continued.
Al-Quds Al-Arabi quoted informed sources as saying that the
Houthis besieging Saleh's home after the fall of Sanaa. He received
threats from militants who want revenge for the six wars that took place
during his reign against the group between 2004 and 2010; the first of
which lead to the death of the founder of the Houthis, Hussein Badreddin
Al-Houthi, in Saada.