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Have Yemenis given up on Hadi during six-year exile?

Yemeni President Hadi's six-year exile in Riyadh has eroded his legitimacy in the eyes of manyYemenis who do not expect his return home, and realize that even his return will not be a cure-all for Yemen's plight.

Yemen's exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (C) arrives for the opening of the "Riyadh Conference for Saving Yemen and Building Federal State," Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 17, 2015.
Yemen's exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (C) arrives for the opening of the "Riyadh Conference for Saving Yemen and Building Federal State," Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 17, 2015. — Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images

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