article_snippet.sent: The former army chief is currently staying in Djibouti for over a week spearheading Operation Rahat.
article_snippet.sent: The Yemen rescue: Indian nationals in Dijibouti before taking off for Mumbai .
article_snippet.sent: The latest episode has hit Yemen at a time when the flawless execution of Operation Rahat was being hailed by all.
article_snippet.sent: The mammoth effort saw 4,000 Indians being brought home safely from the war zone in Yemen besides many citizens of other countries.
article_snippet.sent: Operation Rahat' brings Indians home from Yemen .
article_snippet.sent: India has pulled off an impressive mission by evacuating nearly 2,000 (by air and sea) nationals during a gruelling operation in YemenYemen.
article_snippet.sent: Operation Rahat, as the elaborate humanitarian assistance exercise was christened, has entered India last phase as not many are left to be pulled out from Yemen where Houthi fighters are resisting
article_snippet.sent: Three warships, two IAF super heavy transporters, two merchant vessels and two India jets helped ferry Indians and some foreigners to safety.
article_snippet.sent: V.K. Singh, who was in the centre of a storm for a remark against the media, led the evacuation operation from Djibouti located on the Horn of Africa across the Gulf of Aden.
article_snippet.sent: The Indians were taken out on warships and India planes from Yemen and brought to Djibouti before being sent home.
article_snippet.sent: It was a Herculean effort considering the numbers involved and the situation on the ground, which was deteriorating with every passing day.
article_snippet.sent: INS Tarkash reached Djibouti from Al Hodeidah port with 74 people on board and INS Sumitra entered the Al Hodeidah harbour of Yemen on the Red Sea.
article_snippet.sent: Along with destroyer INS Mumbai, the three naval warships made several sorties from Djibouti to the three port cities in Yemen - Al Hodeidah, Aden and Al Mukalla - to bring back the stranded Indians who were told to assemble at these points from the hinterland.
highlights_snippet.sent: V.K. Singh is leading the operation to evacuate Indians trapped in war-torn Yemen .
  