Sanaa: One of two Yemeni military chiefs sacked by President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has refused to give up his post, a military source said on Saturday.

Air force chief General Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar, half brother of Hadi`s predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh, refused to quit unless several senior defence ministry officials, including the minister himself, also leave, said the source.
In a message to his troops, Ahmar said that the presidential decree would not be "implemented" until Defence Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and chief of staff Ali al-Ashwal were dismissed.
He also demanded that several members of the powerful Hashed tribe be forced into exile. The tribe backed defectors such as General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar during last year`s anti-regime protests. The official Saba news agency reported yesterday that Hadi issued a decree sacking the air force general as well as the head of the presidential guard, General Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh, the former president`s nephew.
Hadi took over from Saleh in February after the veteran leader handed over power as part of a Gulf-brokered settlement to end a bloody government crackdown on an Arab Spring-inspired uprising. In a televised speech on February 19, Hadi stressed the need to reunify the army as he pledged "radical reforms" and to fight al Qaeda as he outlined a two-year transition plan.
But critics of Saleh say he has been interfering in the smooth transition of power, and the reorganisation of the Army is seen as being a key part of that transition.
PTI