UAE carries out air strikes against Yemen government forces to support separatists

Record ID: 1429327

  • Title: UAE carries out air strikes against Yemen government forces to support separatists
  • Date: 30th August 2019
  • Summary: ADEN, YEMEN (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VEHICLE ON FIRE VARIOUS OF DESTROYED GOVERNMENT FORCES VEHICLES IN DESERT VARIOUS OF SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL OFFICER STANDING BY DESTROYED VEHICLE VEHICLE BODY AFTER AIR STRIKE ABYAN, YEMEN (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) ABYAN ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AS SEEN FROM MOVING VEHICLE VARIOUS OF GUARDS AT ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING ENTRANCE (SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) SOLDIER IN SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL, MOHAMED ABD RABU, SAYING: "Abyan has been retaken completely from the invaders who entered and were kicked out. We are currently inside Abyan and in complete control. Thank God we have kicked them out completely. We are currently inside the governmental building. God willing, we will push them until Ma'areb. We will have victory. God willing, we will have victory of these invaders with Ali Mohsen and the Houthis. God willing, we will remove every person in Aden who represent Al Aslah party." ADEN, YEMEN (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DESTROYED VEHICLES VARIOUS OF DEBRIS ABYAN, YEMEN (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON STREETS OF ABYAN (SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) RESIDENT OF ABYAN, MANSOUR ALI, SAYING: "The situation is Abyan is stable. Life is going on normally. The situation is stable, and everyone is going to work. It's done and nothing is happening now." NEAR ADEN, YEMEN (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) CHECKPOINT/SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING VEHICLE VARIOUS OF VEHICLE ON FIRE SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL FORCES IN ABYAN/DESTROYED VEHICLES DESTROYED VEHICLE
  • Embargoed: 13th September 2019 16:53
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  • Location: ADEN / ABYAN, YEMEN
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AUEV807
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The United Arab Emirates carried out air strikes against government forces in South Yemen on Thursday (August 29) in support of southern separatists who have deployed reinforcements to take back control of the port of Aden from their supposed allies in the Saudi-led coalition.
    The UAE, the second foreign power in the coalition, said it carried out air strikes against "terrorist organizations" that attacked Saudi-led coalition forces at Aden airport.
    Yemen's Defence Ministry said in a statement that more than 300 people were killed and wounded by air strikes by UAE war planes on Aden and Abyan Province.
    "Abyan has been retaken completely from the invaders who entered Abyan and were kicked out of Abyan. We are currently inside Abyan and in complete control. Thank God we have kicked them out of Abyan completely," said one separatist soldier from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC).
    Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi called on Saudi Arabia to intervene to stop what he called UAE interference and support for separatists here battling to take over Aden.
    He added in a statement posted by state news agency SABA on Thursday that government forces had withdrawn from Aden to prevent the city from being destroyed, following the UAE air strikes that left dozens killed and wounded.
    (Production: Mostafa Salem)
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