UAE-backed southern commander dates southern regions separation declaration

ADEN, May 14 (YPA) – A southern commander backed by UAE forces on Monday revealed the soon declaration of Yemen’s southern regions separation, vowing to expell the forces of a Saudi-backed commander from Hadrmout province.

The commander of the 1st brigade UAE Muneer Al-Yafey, vow in a speech pronounces in a ceremony marking the founding of the “southern separatist council”, organized in Radfan district of Lahjj province, the forces of Hashim Al-Ahmar to be expelled from Wadia crossing of Hadramout province.

“Socotar Island fell in our “Socotra Noukhbah ” forces’ hands adding to other areas earlier fell and we will soon declare our “southern State”,” he said.

The council is seeking control of all state facilities in the southern regions, through the “security belt forces and regions-provinces-style Noukhbah forces, which considered by political observers a step to the declaration of separation of these regions.

Ahmed Al-Mutawakel