He promised a rapid return to Sanaa.
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The battles in Marib and other areas close to Sanaa appear to have slowed the coalition’s momentum, complicating apparent Saudi ambitions in Yemen.
“President Hadi arrived in Aden today at approximately 5:30 p.m.”, said Bafaqeeh, speaking by telephone from Aden.
On Saturday, Oman said it had summoned the Saudi ambassador to Muscat to file a formal complaint over what it said was the targeting of the residence of its ambassador in Sanaa during air strikes on Friday night.
He reminded all parties of their obligation to “take all feasible precautions to avoid loss of civilian life and damage to civilian objects”.
Hadi and his cabinet had taken refuge in Saudi Arabia since late March after the Shiite Houthi group overran the capital Sanaa and besieged Aden, the temporary capital as they announced early after Hadi fled house arrest by the Houthi.
Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and several government ministers returned last week to the port city, which was retaken from Shiite Huthi rebels in mid-July.
UN-sponsored talks in Geneva between the Yemeni government and the Houthis in June failed to achieve a breakthrough.
According to Civil Coalition, a Yemeni NGO, 6,091 Yemenis have lost their lives in the Saudi airstrikes and a total of 13,552 people have been injured. The United Nations aid chief Stephen O Brien has called the scale of suffering “almost incomprehensible”.
Also, the French news agency is reporting a US drone strike killed two suspected members of al-Qaida near the city of Marib.
“Two missiles hit the two houses in the Asbahi district in southern Sana’a, destroying them, killing 20 people and wounding others”, Reuters quoted a medic at the scene as saying.
“Since we first learned of their detention, the United States government has been in regular contact with their families and representatives and, in coordination with our global partners, we have worked tirelessly to secure their release”, Price said in an official statement.
The strikes have continued alongside the Saudi-led campaign.
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But in December, American journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie died during a failed attempt by USA commandos to rescue them from an Al-Qaeda hideout in southeast Yemen.
