SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi says Monday that a “coup” is underway in his government’s seat of power in the southern city of Aden, where separatists allied with the United Arab Emirates were battling his forces for a second day.
In the Aden district of Khor Maksar, the two sides deploy tanks and exchanged heavy gunfire as shops and schools remain closed for a second day. Snipers are seen on rooftops and fighting spreads to the nearby Crater district. The clashes leave the two districts bitterly divided.
Fighters from Yemen’s southern separatist movement are seen in the country’s second city of Aden on January 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saleh al-Obeidi)
Hadi renews his call for a ceasefire, saying “rebellion and weapons won’t achieve peace or build a state.”
“The real and the main battle is with Iranian Houthi militias and any other side problems will impact the main battle,” he says. “Any assault on legitimacy is a coup.”
The violence has killed at least 12 people and wounded over 130. It has also exposed deep cracks within the Saudi-led coalition, which has been fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels on behalf of Hadi’s government since March 2015. The UAE is a key member of the coalition, but relations with the president have been tense for months.
— AP
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