Yemen’s exiled president has warned of ‘Iranian expansion’ in the Middle East.

Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was speaking on a visit to Sudan, once seen as close to Tehran but now on the side of the Saudi-led bombing campaign against Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi rebels – a campaign aimed at returning President Hadi to power.

“Iranian expansion is now in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon,” said Hadi, standing beside Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

“When the Houthis entered Sanaa, they said they had occupied four capitals in the Arab world.”

Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia – Iran’s big regional rival -after leaving Yemen in March as the Houthis closed in on his refuge in Aden.

Militias and army units loyal to him have made significant gains towards the Houthi-
controlled capital, Sanaa.

Reports from the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday say an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition has killed at least 36 civilians working at a bottling plant.

Over 4,300 people have died in f