Sanna, Apr 14: Yemen today granted political asylum to Iraq's ambassador to the Arab League, Mohsen Khalil, in the wake of the collapse of Saddam Hussein's quarter-century rule in Baghdad. "Yemen has informed ambassador Mohsen Khalil, Iraq's permanent ambassador to the Arab League in Cairo, of its decision to grant him political asylum," a foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement.
Khalil applied for asylum on April 9, the day US forces entered central Baghdad, according to the spokesman. Khalil was Iraq's ambassador to Sanaa from 1992 to 1997.
Bureau Report