Air force officers ground flights at Sana'a airport

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SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni air force officers shut down the capital's airport on Saturday, stopping all flights in protest at the sacking of their commander, a half brother of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, an aviation official said. A source on the military committee overseeing the armed forces' restructuring told Reuters the air force head, General Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar, had refused to leave his post unless General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, an opponent of Saleh, was also fired. ...

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