That has left their Yemeni allies, previously united against the Iranian-supported Houthis who control the country’s north, to battle for supremacy. But Nizar Haytham, a spokesman for the Southern Transitional Council, insisted the group would not back down. The war within a war adds yet another dimension to the chaos of Yemen, where years of foreign meddling have inflamed long-standing Yemeni rivalries and power struggles. Aidarous al-Zubaidi, who heads the Southern Transitional Council, lives in Abu Dhabi, while Hadi is in Saudi Arabia. Crown Prince Mohammed’s appetite for the war in Yemen appears to have waned in the past year, amid global condemnation of Saudi military tactics that killed thousands of civilians in airstrikes.

Source: bd News24 April 28, 2020 22:30 UTC