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Curse of the backward Islamic and Arabic world has no end. South Yemen is separating, as did Somali Land, as Beja land will do soon, taking with it the few left Beni Amirs and Hadendowas, Rashayda Bedounes, to create an Arabized nation.


Bel Trew, Muscat, Oman and Abu Dhabi, UAE @beltrew
Saturday 10 August 2019

Southern Yemen separatists seize presidential palace, tearing coalition apart and sparking fears of new war

Yemen’s southern separatists have seized control of the port city of Aden after storming the presidential palace, the seat of the internationally-recognised government, ripping apart a Gulf coalition fighting rebels in the north and sparking fears of a new war.

Yemeni officials confirmed that the Southern Transitional Council, which was once part of a Gulf-backed coalition fighting the Houthi rebels, had taken all of the government military camps in the strategic city. A separatist commander later claimed they also seized the presidential palace.

The country’s recognised foreign ministry called the action a “coup” while an official within the government told Reuters “it’s all over”.

Senior tribal leaders in the southeast of the country confirmed earlier on Saturday that the separatists had seized the temporary government headquarters and expressed “serious concerns”, believing the move would lead to a second civil war.

Fierce clashes between southern separatist forces and forces loyal to recognised President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi first erupted on Wednesday. Just days before, leading members of the STC had threatened war was on the horizon in an interview with The Independent in Abu Dhabi.