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UAE said on Thursday it carried out air strikes in Yemen’s Aden against “terrorist organisations” that attacked Saudi-led coalition forces and the city’s airport, according to a statement quoted by UAE state news agency WAM.
UAE called for an international response against the attackers.
The air strikes killed at least 30 Hadi loyalists, according to a commander in the resigned regime.
Two factions that had been fighting together against the Houthi Ansarullah movement — forces loyal to Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) — are now fighting each other in the war-torn country's interim capital.
The outbreak of hostilities between the two sides is the latest twist in a complex and multi-faceted war in Yemen.
The central conflict in Yemen revolves around the Houthis fighting the resigned regime of former Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Haid's regime forces are backed by a Western-armed, Sunni Muslim coalition, led by Saudi Arabia. That coalition includes the separatist STC, backed by the United Arab Emirates.
But the UAE has fallen out with Hadi and withdrawn many of its ground forces in Yemen, prompting the STC to try to gain control of Aden.
The separatists aim ultimately to restore the South Yemen republic which merged with the north in 1990. They had clashed occasionally with government forces for several years before major new hostilities erupted this month.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
