Former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi dies at 80

Former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has died at the age of 80, according to reports from Yemeni state television and Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya on Thursday. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

Citing an unnamed government source, the privately owned Yemeni news website Al-Masdaronline reported that Hadi died at a hospital in Riyadh after his health deteriorated in recent days. The source stated that Hadi suffered from heart-related health problems and regularly traveled to the United States for medical examinations and treatment at a hospital in Cleveland. His condition worsened suddenly over the past week before he died on Thursday morning, according to the Anadolu Agency.

Hadi became Yemen's president in 2012 following the departure of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was later killed in 2017. He remained in office until April 2022, when he transferred power to the Presidential Leadership Council headed by Rashad al-Alimi and composed of seven other members.

According to the report by Mehr News, Hadi's death marks the end of a significant chapter in Yemen's turbulent political history, which has been marked by civil war and regional intervention.