Yemen’s exiled president has warned of ‘Iranian expansion’ in the Middle East.<br /><br /> 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.<br /><br /> “Iranian expansion is now in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon,” said Hadi, standing beside Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. <br /><br /> “When the Houthis entered Sanaa, they said they had occupied four capitals in the Arab world.” <br /><br /> 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.<br /><br /> Militias and army units loyal to him have made significant gains towards the Houthi-<br />controlled capital, Sanaa. <br /><br /> 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.<br /><br /> Over 4,300 people have died in f
