Hadi loyalists retake Yemen's Aden airport - local official

Armed militants loyal to Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ride a patrol truck in the country's southern port city of Aden March 25, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

ADEN (Reuters) - Loyalists of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi retook Aden airport on Thursday after heavy clashes with forces allied to Houthi fighters opposed to his rule, a local official said. Hadi's men lost control of the southern city's airport on Wednesday to troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, an ally of the Houthis and a still-powerful figure in Yemen despite his departure from office in 2011. (Reporting by Mohammed Mukhashef, Reporting by Noah Browning, editing by William Maclean)