Head of STC returns to Aden after angry protests against starvation policy
ADEN, Feb. 24 (YPA) – Head of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous al-Zubaidi, returned to the coalition-held city of Aden, south of Yemen.
The move came in an attempt to calm the southern street demanding the expulsion of the coalition forces from Aden and the rest of the southern provinces.
Al-Zubaidi returned to Aden from the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, after an absence of nearly 8 months outside Yemen. He was assigned by the coalition to control the protests and calm the street by holding a number of sedative meetings, following the announcement by the Federation of Trade Unions in Aden to organize a million-person demonstration tomorrow, Monday.
The people of Aden welcomed the head of STC upon his arrival in the city with an angry demonstration in which they raised banners and chanted slogans denouncing the systematic starvation policy by the coalition, leading to the catastrophic living conditions.
For his part, southern military expert, Khaled Al-Nasi, confirmed in a post on “X” on Saturday that Al-Zubaidi’s return aimed to calm the angry southern street, which is demanding the expulsion of the coalition-backed Aden government.
He pointed out that Al-Zubaidi’s return would not change the miserable reality that citizens in Aden are living in, adding that the organizational decisions that may be issued by the STC would be within the framework of attempts to calm the street without achieving any change in resolving the current situation.
Observers believed that the return of the head of the STC came within the framework of the coalition’s attempt to abort what is called the “revolution of the hungry” in Aden, which came out demanding the expulsion of the coalition from Aden.
They explained that the popular rallies and demonstrations in Aden since the beginning of this month in Aden and the rest of the southern provinces reflected a catastrophic reality regarding the deterioration of economic conditions and the lack of basic services, including electricity and water, in addition to the interruption of salaries without any reforms by the government affiliated with the coalition.
The local demonstrations and protests in areas under the control of the coalition demand reforming the economic situation, limiting the collapse of the riyal against foreign currencies, controlling prices and providing services, amid assurances that the demonstrations will continue until legitimate demands be achieved.
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