- Title: Yemen's separatists vow revenge for government assault on Aden
- Date: 29th August 2019
- Summary: ADEN, YEMEN (AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS) ARMED SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL (STC) FIGHTERS IN VEHICLES IN ADEN / SMOKE RISING FROM BURNED VEHICLE ARMED SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL FIGHTERS IN VEHICLE STC FORCES ADEN ROADS
- Embargoed: 12th September 2019 17:04
- Keywords: yemen security southern transitional council fighters
- Location: ADEN, YEMEN
- City: ADEN, YEMEN
- Country: Yemen
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001AU9VPL3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Southern Yemeni separatists vowed on Thursday (August 29) to avenge a government assault on their positions in Aden and brought in reinforcements from elsewhere, threatening an escalation in fighting between nominal allies in the country's complex war.
The separatists and Yemen's internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi are supposed allies in a Saudi-led coalition embroiled in a largely stalemated war against Iran-aligned Houthis who hold the capital Sanaa in the north and most other populated areas.
But the United Arab Emirates, the second major outside power in the coalition, has fallen out with Hadi's side as it includes a party the UAE sees as close to the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Gulf state seeks to neutralise across the Middle East.
On Thursday, the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said some of its troops positioned on the outskirts of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, which is under Houthi control, had returned to Aden to join the battle against Hadi's forces.
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