Commander of the Air Forces Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahmar held a meeting on Monday with the former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
in Sanhan, an outskirt of the Capital Sana'a and the birthplace of both men, well informed sources have said.
The sources said Al-Ahmar left Al-Dailami Air Base on Monday escorted by 20 military vehicles of the Elite Republican Guards.
The meeting came after media sources reported that President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi gave Al-Ahmar an ultimatum of 48 hours to hand over the command of Air Forces to the newly-appointed commander Rashid Al-Janad.
The sources said Hadi threatened Al-Ahmar on Sunday with stripping him from military rank and bring him to a military court in case he continued his rebellion against his decree.
Al-Ahmar had refused a decree of Hadi issued ten days ago and sent gunnies to surround Sana'a International Airport. His gunnies threatened to target civil airplanes, so flights were canceled for an entire day in the wake of the decree.
According to officers of the Air Forces, gunnies of Al-Ahmar looted weapon and equipment stocks of the Air Forces. They expressed fears that these weapons could be handed over to terrorist groups.
Media sources had said that Saleh ordered Al-Ahamar to refuse the decree in an attempt to hamper and issue of dismissing his son Ahemed who leads the Republican Guard.
The sources affirmed that Al-Ahmar's health badly deteriorates, he wanted to not rebel against Hadi, and that Saleh put pressures against him to rebel.
Well-informed sources told Yemen Post on Sunday that Hadi ordered to refer Al-Ahamar to a military court, pointing out that Hadi believes that Saleh is behind the chaos in the air force and the looting of military equipment.