KSA and UAE are at war with themselves in Yemen

[dBSPL]

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may be close partners with a common goal defeating a rebel group in Yemen, but their diverging interests have come to a violent head as heavy clashes erupted between their respective allies in the war-torn nation.

Violent skirmishes between the Saudi-backed guards of exiled Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council reached their second day Thursday in the southern port city of Aden. Both groups were opposed to the Zaidi Shiite Muslim rebel group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah, suspected of receiving Iranian backing, but the southern separatists want to see an independent South Yemen as it existed from 1967 to 1990.

Hadi's administration has accused the UAE of backing southern claims for secession and, though the two sides fought at least once before last year, the latest bloodshed came amid a series of developments that tested ties between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.

"The United States is deeply concerned by the outbreak of violence and deadly clashes in Aden. We call on all parties to refrain from escalation and further bloodshed, and to resolve their differences through dialogue," the State Department said Thursday in a statement. "Inciting further divisions and violence within Yemen will only increase the suffering of the Yemeni people and prolong the conflict. Dialogue represents the only way to achieve a stable, unified, and prosperous Yemen."


Fighters from the separatist Southern Transitional Council drive a pickup truck in Aden, August 8. Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, which calls for the reinstatement of southern Yemen as an independent entity, is technically allied with the Hadi government but in January 2018 southern separatist forces linked to the council clashed with Hadi's troops, dealing a blow to the president's political and popular standing in the south.
NABIL HASAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

As the sound of machine-gun fire and frenzied shouts gripped Aden, BBC News reported that one civilian was killed Thursday by a stray bullet a day after at least three people were killed in the fighting. The Associated Press carried claims Wednesday of one presidential guard dead and the Agence France-Presse placed the figure of southern separatists killed at two.

The latest bout of unrest began when a missile attack claimed by the Houthis struck a southern paramilitary parade in Aden last week, killing dozens among the separatist Security Belt forces. The Southern Transitional Council ultimately laid the blame on a pro-government, Islamist group known as Islah, claiming the attack was orchestrated to weaken the separatists' hold on the strategic city to which Hadi has relocated his government.

Gun battles then reportedly broke out at a funeral for the slain southern fighters. Following an extraordinary southern council meeting chaired by Vice President Hani Ali bin Brik, a statement was issued "calling on southern people and their resistance to march to Maashiq Palace to overthrow the government of terrorism and corruption that is allied with the Islah terrorist party and put an end to its futility towards our people."

The statement affirmed the group's recognition of Hadi as president as well as its commitment to continuing the Saudi and UAE-backed war against the Houthis. Still, Hadi's presidential guard was tasked with defending the palace as tensions boiled over into exchanges of fire.

"We reject the irresponsible actions of the Transitional Council groups, which amounted to the use of heavy weapons and the attempt to storm state institutions," Yemeni Interior Minister Ahmed al-Maysari tweeted Thursday. "We affirm our commitment to preserve the institutions of the state and the safety of citizens and we will address all attempts to discriminate against the institutions and individuals, and do so in support of all the wise and honorable people and in support of our brothers in the coalition."


Yemeni fighters from the Popular Resistance Committee supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government take part in a graduation ceremony in the country's third city Taez, August 5. The bloody stalemate has come at high human cost in Yemen, but rifts in the Saudi-led coalition and new attacks claimed by the Houthis and ISIS signaled no end in sight for the war.

AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The war in Yemen has its roots in the 2011 so-called Arab Spring series of protests that gripped the Middle East and North Africa. Mass rallies led to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh being ousted in 2012 and replaced with Hadi, who faced demonstrations of his own as separate, rival insurgencies waged by the Houthis and Al-Qaeda further destabilized the country.

The Houthis managed to seize the capital Sanaa in early 2015, forcing Hadi to flee to Aden as Saudi Arabia mobilized Arab allies for a coalition to begin bombing the insurgents that March. What's followed has largely been seen as a stalemate, with chronic disease, malnutrition and frequent civilian casualties contributing to what the United Nations has called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis."

The U.S. has also offered significant support for the Saudi-led coalition, with President Donald Trump overturning votes to force the Pentagon to disassociate from the conflict due to persistent accusations of human rights abuses and ties between the Saudi-led coalition, Al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups. Washington has viewed Riyadh as a vital node in its efforts to isolate Tehran and the war in Yemen as an active battleground to that end despite both Houthi and Iranian officials denying their alleged ties.

The UAE too has been seen as an important ally against Iran, though Abu Dhabi only downgraded its ties to Tehran and did not sever them completely in 2016, as did Riyadh. As unrest grew amid heated U.S.-Iran tensions in the Persian Gulf, however, the UAE has taken a distinct position.

First, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan refused in June to pin the blame on Iran for unclaimed attacks that targeted oil tankers in the nearby Gulf of Oman, breaking from the shared stance of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash confirmed last month that the country planned to draw back its military presence in Yemen, especially in the contested port of Al-Hodeidah and Emirati coast guard officials met and signed a memorandum of understanding on joint maritime security with Iran's border security force.



Tribal gunmen loyal to the Yemen's Ansar Allah, or Houthi, movement gather to show their support to the Zaidi Shiite Muslim fighters against the Saudi-led intervention, in the Rahabah district, north of the capital Sanaa, August 1. That same day the group took credit for a missile attack that killed dozens of southern, pro-government separatists and a separate suicide bombing claimed by ISIS struck a police station in Sheikh Othman district, Aden.
MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The UAE has tried to downplay notions of it splitting with Saudi Arabia and Gargash even appeared to announce Abu Dhabi was reversing its troop drawdown in Yemen last week. As the situation deteriorated in Aden Wednesday, he tweeted: "Developments around Maashiq Palace are worrying and the call for calm is necessary." He argued that "escalation cannot be an acceptable option after the despicable terrorist operation" in Aden and that "the political framework, communication and dialogue are essential towards harshness and accumulations that cannot be solved through the use of force."

Link: https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-uae-war-themselves-yemen-1453371

Yemen: Seizure of Aden by separatists exposes rift within Saudi Arabia and UAE coalition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...c22f30-bc3d-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html

Are Saudi Arabia and the UAE fighting each other in Aden?
https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/are-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae-fighting-each-other-in-aden-28893

UAE plays down Saudi rift after separatists take Yemeni city
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...er-separatists-take-yemeni-city-idUSKCN1V20MW

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may be close partners with a common goal defeating a rebel group in Yemen, but their diverging interests have come to a violent head as heavy clashes erupted between their respective allies in the war-torn nation.

Violent skirmishes between the Saudi-backed guards of exiled Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council reached their second day Thursday in the southern port city of Aden. Both groups were opposed to the Zaidi Shiite Muslim rebel group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah, suspected of receiving Iranian backing, but the southern separatists want to see an independent South Yemen as it existed from 1967 to 1990.

Hadi's administration has accused the UAE of backing southern claims for secession and, though the two sides fought at least once before last year, the latest bloodshed came amid a series of developments that tested ties between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.

"The United States is deeply concerned by the outbreak of violence and deadly clashes in Aden. We call on all parties to refrain from escalation and further bloodshed, and to resolve their differences through dialogue," the State Department said Thursday in a statement. "Inciting further divisions and violence within Yemen will only increase the suffering of the Yemeni people and prolong the conflict. Dialogue represents the only way to achieve a stable, unified, and prosperous Yemen."


Fighters from the separatist Southern Transitional Council drive a pickup truck in Aden, August 8. Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, which calls for the reinstatement of southern Yemen as an independent entity, is technically allied with the Hadi government but in January 2018 southern separatist forces linked to the council clashed with Hadi's troops, dealing a blow to the president's political and popular standing in the south.
NABIL HASAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

As the sound of machine-gun fire and frenzied shouts gripped Aden, BBC News reported that one civilian was killed Thursday by a stray bullet a day after at least three people were killed in the fighting. The Associated Press carried claims Wednesday of one presidential guard dead and the Agence France-Presse placed the figure of southern separatists killed at two.

The latest bout of unrest began when a missile attack claimed by the Houthis struck a southern paramilitary parade in Aden last week, killing dozens among the separatist Security Belt forces. The Southern Transitional Council ultimately laid the blame on a pro-government, Islamist group known as Islah, claiming the attack was orchestrated to weaken the separatists' hold on the strategic city to which Hadi has relocated his government.

Gun battles then reportedly broke out at a funeral for the slain southern fighters. Following an extraordinary southern council meeting chaired by Vice President Hani Ali bin Brik, a statement was issued "calling on southern people and their resistance to march to Maashiq Palace to overthrow the government of terrorism and corruption that is allied with the Islah terrorist party and put an end to its futility towards our people."

The statement affirmed the group's recognition of Hadi as president as well as its commitment to continuing the Saudi and UAE-backed war against the Houthis. Still, Hadi's presidential guard was tasked with defending the palace as tensions boiled over into exchanges of fire.

"We reject the irresponsible actions of the Transitional Council groups, which amounted to the use of heavy weapons and the attempt to storm state institutions," Yemeni Interior Minister Ahmed al-Maysari tweeted Thursday. "We affirm our commitment to preserve the institutions of the state and the safety of citizens and we will address all attempts to discriminate against the institutions and individuals, and do so in support of all the wise and honorable people and in support of our brothers in the coalition."


Yemeni fighters from the Popular Resistance Committee supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government take part in a graduation ceremony in the country's third city Taez, August 5. The bloody stalemate has come at high human cost in Yemen, but rifts in the Saudi-led coalition and new attacks claimed by the Houthis and ISIS signaled no end in sight for the war.

AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The war in Yemen has its roots in the 2011 so-called Arab Spring series of protests that gripped the Middle East and North Africa. Mass rallies led to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh being ousted in 2012 and replaced with Hadi, who faced demonstrations of his own as separate, rival insurgencies waged by the Houthis and Al-Qaeda further destabilized the country.

The Houthis managed to seize the capital Sanaa in early 2015, forcing Hadi to flee to Aden as Saudi Arabia mobilized Arab allies for a coalition to begin bombing the insurgents that March. What's followed has largely been seen as a stalemate, with chronic disease, malnutrition and frequent civilian casualties contributing to what the United Nations has called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis."

The U.S. has also offered significant support for the Saudi-led coalition, with President Donald Trump overturning votes to force the Pentagon to disassociate from the conflict due to persistent accusations of human rights abuses and ties between the Saudi-led coalition, Al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups. Washington has viewed Riyadh as a vital node in its efforts to isolate Tehran and the war in Yemen as an active battleground to that end despite both Houthi and Iranian officials denying their alleged ties.

The UAE too has been seen as an important ally against Iran, though Abu Dhabi only downgraded its ties to Tehran and did not sever them completely in 2016, as did Riyadh. As unrest grew amid heated U.S.-Iran tensions in the Persian Gulf, however, the UAE has taken a distinct position.

First, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan refused in June to pin the blame on Iran for unclaimed attacks that targeted oil tankers in the nearby Gulf of Oman, breaking from the shared stance of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash confirmed last month that the country planned to draw back its military presence in Yemen, especially in the contested port of Al-Hodeidah and Emirati coast guard officials met and signed a memorandum of understanding on joint maritime security with Iran's border security force.



Tribal gunmen loyal to the Yemen's Ansar Allah, or Houthi, movement gather to show their support to the Zaidi Shiite Muslim fighters against the Saudi-led intervention, in the Rahabah district, north of the capital Sanaa, August 1. That same day the group took credit for a missile attack that killed dozens of southern, pro-government separatists and a separate suicide bombing claimed by ISIS struck a police station in Sheikh Othman district, Aden.
MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The UAE has tried to downplay notions of it splitting with Saudi Arabia and Gargash even appeared to announce Abu Dhabi was reversing its troop drawdown in Yemen last week. As the situation deteriorated in Aden Wednesday, he tweeted: "Developments around Maashiq Palace are worrying and the call for calm is necessary." He argued that "escalation cannot be an acceptable option after the despicable terrorist operation" in Aden and that "the political framework, communication and dialogue are essential towards harshness and accumulations that cannot be solved through the use of force."

Link: https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-uae-war-themselves-yemen-1453371

Yemen: Seizure of Aden by separatists exposes rift within Saudi Arabia and UAE coalition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...c22f30-bc3d-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html

Are Saudi Arabia and the UAE fighting each other in Aden?
https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/are-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae-fighting-each-other-in-aden-28893

UAE plays down Saudi rift after separatists take Yemeni city
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...er-separatists-take-yemeni-city-idUSKCN1V20MW

They can't beat Ansar Allah unless the US joins the war. The mountainous terrain of North Yemen is too much for them.

 

[Khafee]

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may be close partners with a common goal defeating a rebel group in Yemen, but their diverging interests have come to a violent head as heavy clashes erupted between their respective allies in the war-torn nation.

Violent skirmishes between the Saudi-backed guards of exiled Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council reached their second day Thursday in the southern port city of Aden. Both groups were opposed to the Zaidi Shiite Muslim rebel group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah, suspected of receiving Iranian backing, but the southern separatists want to see an independent South Yemen as it existed from 1967 to 1990.

Hadi's administration has accused the UAE of backing southern claims for secession and, though the two sides fought at least once before last year, the latest bloodshed came amid a series of developments that tested ties between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.

"The United States is deeply concerned by the outbreak of violence and deadly clashes in Aden. We call on all parties to refrain from escalation and further bloodshed, and to resolve their differences through dialogue," the State Department said Thursday in a statement. "Inciting further divisions and violence within Yemen will only increase the suffering of the Yemeni people and prolong the conflict. Dialogue represents the only way to achieve a stable, unified, and prosperous Yemen."


Fighters from the separatist Southern Transitional Council drive a pickup truck in Aden, August 8. Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, which calls for the reinstatement of southern Yemen as an independent entity, is technically allied with the Hadi government but in January 2018 southern separatist forces linked to the council clashed with Hadi's troops, dealing a blow to the president's political and popular standing in the south.
NABIL HASAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

As the sound of machine-gun fire and frenzied shouts gripped Aden, BBC News reported that one civilian was killed Thursday by a stray bullet a day after at least three people were killed in the fighting. The Associated Press carried claims Wednesday of one presidential guard dead and the Agence France-Presse placed the figure of southern separatists killed at two.

The latest bout of unrest began when a missile attack claimed by the Houthis struck a southern paramilitary parade in Aden last week, killing dozens among the separatist Security Belt forces. The Southern Transitional Council ultimately laid the blame on a pro-government, Islamist group known as Islah, claiming the attack was orchestrated to weaken the separatists' hold on the strategic city to which Hadi has relocated his government.

Gun battles then reportedly broke out at a funeral for the slain southern fighters. Following an extraordinary southern council meeting chaired by Vice President Hani Ali bin Brik, a statement was issued "calling on southern people and their resistance to march to Maashiq Palace to overthrow the government of terrorism and corruption that is allied with the Islah terrorist party and put an end to its futility towards our people."

The statement affirmed the group's recognition of Hadi as president as well as its commitment to continuing the Saudi and UAE-backed war against the Houthis. Still, Hadi's presidential guard was tasked with defending the palace as tensions boiled over into exchanges of fire.

"We reject the irresponsible actions of the Transitional Council groups, which amounted to the use of heavy weapons and the attempt to storm state institutions," Yemeni Interior Minister Ahmed al-Maysari tweeted Thursday. "We affirm our commitment to preserve the institutions of the state and the safety of citizens and we will address all attempts to discriminate against the institutions and individuals, and do so in support of all the wise and honorable people and in support of our brothers in the coalition."


Yemeni fighters from the Popular Resistance Committee supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government take part in a graduation ceremony in the country's third city Taez, August 5. The bloody stalemate has come at high human cost in Yemen, but rifts in the Saudi-led coalition and new attacks claimed by the Houthis and ISIS signaled no end in sight for the war.

AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The war in Yemen has its roots in the 2011 so-called Arab Spring series of protests that gripped the Middle East and North Africa. Mass rallies led to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh being ousted in 2012 and replaced with Hadi, who faced demonstrations of his own as separate, rival insurgencies waged by the Houthis and Al-Qaeda further destabilized the country.

The Houthis managed to seize the capital Sanaa in early 2015, forcing Hadi to flee to Aden as Saudi Arabia mobilized Arab allies for a coalition to begin bombing the insurgents that March. What's followed has largely been seen as a stalemate, with chronic disease, malnutrition and frequent civilian casualties contributing to what the United Nations has called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis."

The U.S. has also offered significant support for the Saudi-led coalition, with President Donald Trump overturning votes to force the Pentagon to disassociate from the conflict due to persistent accusations of human rights abuses and ties between the Saudi-led coalition, Al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups. Washington has viewed Riyadh as a vital node in its efforts to isolate Tehran and the war in Yemen as an active battleground to that end despite both Houthi and Iranian officials denying their alleged ties.

The UAE too has been seen as an important ally against Iran, though Abu Dhabi only downgraded its ties to Tehran and did not sever them completely in 2016, as did Riyadh. As unrest grew amid heated U.S.-Iran tensions in the Persian Gulf, however, the UAE has taken a distinct position.

First, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan refused in June to pin the blame on Iran for unclaimed attacks that targeted oil tankers in the nearby Gulf of Oman, breaking from the shared stance of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash confirmed last month that the country planned to draw back its military presence in Yemen, especially in the contested port of Al-Hodeidah and Emirati coast guard officials met and signed a memorandum of understanding on joint maritime security with Iran's border security force.



Tribal gunmen loyal to the Yemen's Ansar Allah, or Houthi, movement gather to show their support to the Zaidi Shiite Muslim fighters against the Saudi-led intervention, in the Rahabah district, north of the capital Sanaa, August 1. That same day the group took credit for a missile attack that killed dozens of southern, pro-government separatists and a separate suicide bombing claimed by ISIS struck a police station in Sheikh Othman district, Aden.
MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The UAE has tried to downplay notions of it splitting with Saudi Arabia and Gargash even appeared to announce Abu Dhabi was reversing its troop drawdown in Yemen last week. As the situation deteriorated in Aden Wednesday, he tweeted: "Developments around Maashiq Palace are worrying and the call for calm is necessary." He argued that "escalation cannot be an acceptable option after the despicable terrorist operation" in Aden and that "the political framework, communication and dialogue are essential towards harshness and accumulations that cannot be solved through the use of force."

Link: https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-uae-war-themselves-yemen-1453371

Yemen: Seizure of Aden by separatists exposes rift within Saudi Arabia and UAE coalition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...c22f30-bc3d-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html

Are Saudi Arabia and the UAE fighting each other in Aden?
https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/are-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae-fighting-each-other-in-aden-28893

UAE plays down Saudi rift after separatists take Yemeni city
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...er-separatists-take-yemeni-city-idUSKCN1V20MW

BS nonsense!


Sheikh Mohamed meets Saudi King Salman in Makkah
August 13, 2019
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/saudi-arabia/sheikh-mohamed-meets-saudi-king-salman-in-makkah-


Saudi King Meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
Monday, 12 August, 2019
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1854376/saudi-king-meets-abu-dhabi-crown-prince

 

[Battle of Waterloo]

Their proxies are fighting each other in Yemen indeed.

The Houthis are laughing!

 

[dBSPL]

I hope the KSA can control the situation. What should we understand from this crowd?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1162117837336522752

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...6ee2&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

UAE prince visits Saudi, urges 'dialogue' to resolve Aden tension

Abu Dhabi's crown prince has visited Saudi Arabia and called warring parties in Aden, the temporary seat of Yemen's government, to engage in dialogue to "defuse tensions".

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's visit on Monday came after United Arab Emirates-backed separatists announced they had effectively taken control of the southern port city following days of clashes with forces loyal to the internationally-backed government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The fighting in Aden between the Security Belt - a grouping aligned with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which seeks the secession of the country's south - and the presidential guards exposed rifts within a Saudi-UAE military coalition that has been supporting Hadi's forces against the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen since 2015.

In a statement carried by Emirates News Agency after his meeting with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the crown prince "affirmed that the UAE and Saudi Arabia call on conflicting Yemeni parties to prioritise dialogue and reason for the interest of Yemen and its people".

He also said that the two Gulf Arab allies would "adamantly confront any and all powers that threaten the safety and security of the region".

According to the United Nations, the four-day fighting killed up to 40 people and wounded 260 others. But the International Committee for the Red Cross said on Monday that clinics in Aden had reported "scores dead" and hundreds wounded in the fighting, which threatened to open a new front in a long-running conflict that has devastated the Arab world's poorest country.

"Hospitals struggling without basic equipment. Wounded people dying as checkpoints prevent them reaching clinics," the ICRC said in a tweet.

The STC leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi on Sunday said the council was committed to a ceasefire called by Saudi Arabia, adding that he was ready to partake in Saudi-brokered peace talks.

Al-Zubaidi also said the separatists were also willing to work with the Saudi-UAE-led military coalition battling the Houthis, who control vast swaths of Yemen's north, including the capital, Sanaa.

Violence 'provoked'
In his speech, al-Zubaidi said last week's violence had been "provoked" by forces loyal to Hadi, who is based in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh.

Separatist fighters were left with "only two options: either self-defence, or surrender and accepting the liquidation of our just cause," Zubaidi said, according to an English translation of his comments posted on the official STC website.

He claimed that loyalist forces wanted "to implement a plan based on the assassination of our leaders, and then to provoke our people and liquidate our presence".

But Yemen's government has accused the STC and the UAE of staging a "coup" against it.

Clashes between the two sides erupted on Wednesday following the funeral of Security Belt members, including a top commander, who were killed in a Houthi-claimed missile attack on August 1 during a military parade in Aden's Buraiqa district.

Hani Bin Braik, the STC's deputy head, accused Hadi's forces of playing a role in the attack and called on the southern separatists to march to the presidential palace and "topple" Hadi's government.

Saudi Arabia called for the ceasefire only after the Security Belt announced its takeover in Aden. Hadi, who met King Salman on Sunday, has yet to comment publicly on the latest developments.

The internationally recognised government's interior minister, however, blamed the presidential office and ally Saudi Arabia for remaining "silent" while acknowledging the UAE's victory in the south.

The UAE, which recently announced the beginning of a troop withdrawal from Yemen, has armed and trained an estimated 90,000 allied fighters in the south.

South Yemen was an independent state until 1990. Strong resentment remains among southerners towards northerners, who they accuse of imposing national unification by force.

The latest events are not the first example of southern separatists opposing forces loyal to Hadi.

In January 2018, clashes between the two sides killed 38 people.

 

[B.K.N]

They can't beat Ansar Allah unless the US joins the war. The mountainous terrain of North Yemen is too much for them.

Syria is much smaller than Yemen and it took Iran US and Russia to control Syria
By area Yemen is comparable to Afghanistan and America couldn't clear Afghanistan in 18 years and is negotiating with Taliban

Area of Yemen is 527,000 square kilometers and Afghanistan is 652,000
Population of Afghanistan is 35 million and Yemen 28 million
And area of Syria is about 185,000 square kilometers and population is 18 million
By area it's smaller than Balochistan and Punjab provinces of Pakistan

 

[gangsta_rap]

They have opposing long term goals. There is no denial in this. UAE wants Yemen fragmented KSA does not.