Fighters loyal to Yemen's exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi gather on a road in the country's southern province of Lahj August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Residents in the Yemeni capital Sanaa are stocking up on rare food and fuel supplies after the government in exile decided to divert aid ships from the Houthi rebel-held north to loyalist areas farther south.
Sources in Yemen's government confirmed the move, though there has been no official announcement, and Yemen's exiled information minister said on Tuesday that commercial flights would be diverted from the capital to the southern port of Aden.
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