The World - News from Jan. 26, 1986
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South Yemen’s new head of state, Haider abu Bakr Attas, returned to the Marxist nation from Moscow with a pledge of Soviet support, Aden radio reported. Attas, 49, a civil engineer, was named interim head of state by the Central Committee of the ruling Yemeni Socialist Party after Ali Nasser Hasani was stripped of power following an uprising. A Central Committee statement said the new leadership had fired 19 other officials, including the interior minister and the head of state security.
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