Yemeni Chief of Staff Abducted

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Updated Apr. 14, 2017 12:56PM ET / Published Jan. 17, 2015 10:18AM ET

Reuters

Yemen President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff, Ahmed bin Mubarak, was kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday morning, according to Yemeni security officials. Mubarak was taken in the nation’s capital, Sanaa.

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