Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has appointed three new presidential advisors: Dr Ahmed Bin Dager, AdbulAziz Jubairi and Haidar AbuBakr alAttas.

Dager is a former communications minister and first deputy chief of Conference Party.

Jubairi is governor of Dhamar governorate and secretary-general of Justice and Building party.

AlAttas is former Prime Minister of Yemen who served until 1994. He is also a member of the Yemeni Socialist Party.

The fighting continues in Yemen between the Houthis and troops loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh on the one hand and southern and tribal militias and loyalists to President Hadi, who is now in Saudi Arabia.