Nephew of slain Yemen ex-president Saleh to be expelled from Aden
SANAA – Leaders of the Southern Separatist Movement, who control much of southern Yemen, are considering to expel nephew of slain former President Ali Abdullah Saleh from the southern port city of Aden, local sources said on Sunday.
SANAA – Leaders of the Southern Separatist Movement, who control much of southern Yemen, are considering to expel nephew of slain former President Ali Abdullah Saleh from the southern port city of Aden, local sources said on Sunday.
Brigadier-General Tareq Mohammed Saleh, who led a brigade in the former elite army unit of the Republican Guards before his uncle was forced to step down in 2012, had been expelled from the central province of Marib over the past days.
The leaders of the southern movement have been in contact with the Interim Council, which runs Aden, to put pressure on the occupying leadership of the United Arab Emirates to expel Tareq, sources familiar with the situation.
Tareq has been widely supported by the UAE.
Tareq has been stationing at the UAE-run 31st brigade in Bir Ahmed area of Aden.
The move came out of fears that the nephew of Saleh could be empowered by the UAE to take over the power in the south.
Tareq had managed to flee the capital Sanaa after the December 4, 2017 failed military coup plotted by his uncle and backed by the UAE.