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Hadi Says it's Time for Houthis to Drop their Arms

Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi at the parliamentary session. Photo courtesy of Yemen’s information ministry
Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi at the parliamentary session. Photo courtesy of Yemen’s information ministry
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Hadi Says it's Time for Houthis to Drop their Arms

Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi at the parliamentary session. Photo courtesy of Yemen’s information ministry
Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi at the parliamentary session. Photo courtesy of Yemen’s information ministry

Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who on Friday attended a rare session of parliament in the eastern city of Seiyun, urged Houthi militias to disarm and engage in the peace process.

Hadi accused the insurgents of obstructing peace efforts but told the parliament that Friday’s session was a sign of their “destructive scheme's failure.”

The Yemeni president thanked Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for backing the legitimacy.

Defeating Houthis “remains our top priority,” he said.

“Isn’t it time (for Houthis) to drop their weapons and start the peace (process)?” Hadi asked while extending his hand for peace.

He also urged the Yemeni people to remain hopeful amid Houthi threats and violations.

Despite receiving death threats, being attacked by Houthi-flown drones and having their houses raided, around 141 lawmakers attended the session that was ordered by Hadi in Seiyun, the second largest city of Hadramaut.

At the session, the MPs elected Sultan al-Borkani as speaker, who expressed determination to defeat the militias that carried out their coup in 2014.

He also lauded the role played by the Arab Coalition in defending the legitimacy against the insurgents.

The session of the 301-member assembly was attended by international envoys and security personnel.

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Sudan's RSF Conducts First Drone Attack on Port Sudan

Smoke rises from the airport of Port Sudan following reported attacks early on May 4, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke rises from the airport of Port Sudan following reported attacks early on May 4, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Sudan's RSF Conducts First Drone Attack on Port Sudan

Smoke rises from the airport of Port Sudan following reported attacks early on May 4, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke rises from the airport of Port Sudan following reported attacks early on May 4, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a drone attack on a military air base and other facilities in the vicinity of Port Sudan Airport, a Sudanese army spokesperson said on Sunday, in the first RSF attack to reach the eastern port city.
No casualties were reported from the attacks, the spokesperson said.
The RSF has not commented on the incident, Reuters said.
The RSF has targeted power stations in army-controlled locations in central and northern Sudan for the past several months but the strikes had not inflicted heavy casualties.
The drone attack on Port Sudan indicates a major shift in the two-year conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF. The eastern regions, which shelter a large number of displaced people, had so far avoided bombardment.
The army has responded by beefing up its deployment around vital facilities in Port Sudan and has closed roads leading to the presidential palace and army command.
Port Sudan, home to the country's primary airport, army headquarters and a seaport, has been perceived as the safest place in the war-ravaged nation.
In March, the army ousted the RSF from its last footholds in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, but the paramilitary RSF holds some areas in Omdurman, directly across the Nile River, and has consolidated its position in west Sudan, splitting the nation into rival zones.
The conflict between the army and the RSF has unleashed waves of ethnic violence and created what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with several areas plunged into famine.
The war erupted in April 2023 amid a power struggle between the army and RSF ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule. It ruined much of Khartoum, uprooted more than 12 million Sudanese from their homes and left about half of the 50 million population suffering from acute hunger.
Overall deaths are hard to estimate but a study published last year said the toll may have reached 61,000 in Khartoum state alone in the first 14 months of the conflict.