Occupied Regions Witnessing Increased Racism, Serving US-Saudi Agenda

 Governor of Aden Governorate, Tariq Salam, explained that the occupied areas of south Yemen are witnessing racist practices and it’s  disrupting the social fabric to serve the agenda of the Saudi-Emirati occupation.

In a statement to Al-Masirah today, Wednesday, Salam said: The UAE appears today as an agent for America and Britain to loot the oil and gas wealth in Shabwa and Marib, pointing out that it aims from the escalation in the south to ensure the arrival of gas through the pipeline extending from Marib to Balhaf.

He pointed out that the US-Saudi aggression depends on exchanging the roles, and that the “Islah Party” impact ended today, and the coalition is working on its exclusion, and recent events shows that it has become a target of the Saudi-Emirati coalition.

He appealed to the peace of the tribes in the occupied governorates, saying, “The occupation targets tribal ties and values, and they must rise to defend their heritage and history,” noting that the scheme of sedition will not stop in Shabwa, but will head to Marib and Hadramout, as it is rich in oil and gas resources.

He considered the so-called “presidential council” to be a council of war, stressing that its aim is to mislead the image and show the aggression as a Yemeni-Yemeni war.

On Monday, the Islah-backed governor in Shabwa, Mohammed Saleh Udayo, commented on the killing of a prominent leader in the confrontations that erupted between the Special Forces and the UAE militia in Ataq.

The US-Saudi Aggression overthrew Governor Ben Adyo at the end of last December, after summoning him to Riyadh, and appointing the leader of the Congress Party returning from Abu Dhabi.

“The dismissed military leaders, whose forces control most of the city of Ataq, rejected the decisions of Rashad Al-Alimi to dismiss them, and considered him biased towards the transitional council,” sources said. These sources added that Islah’s military and special security forces continue to deploy in the city of Ataq, despite the issuance of decisions to dismiss its leaders.

Meanwhile, violent confrontations were renewed on Monday between the militants of the leader, Abed Rabbo Lakab, and UAE militia in Ataq, Shabwa governorate.

“The armed men of the commander of the Special Forces of Akab decided to confront the Emirati reinforcements, and to resolve the confrontations in Ataq, after the overthrow of a number of leaders by decisions issued by the Presidential Council in Aden,” sources said.

The former Minister of Transport in the Saudi-backed government, Saleh Al-Jabwani, described the decisions of the Alimi Council, a victory for the Emirati militias.

The leadership of the US-Saudi aggression in Aden issued decisions in the name of the Alimi Council, according to which a number of leaders were overthrown during the past hours and other leaders were appointed in their place.

The occupied southern governorates are witnessing a security chaos, and an escalation of attacks and assassinations between the parties loyal to the US-Saudi-UAE aggression, in light of the spread of Takfiri groups.

The attack in Shabwa comes with the escalation of the state of popular revolution, and the outbreak of massive protests in the city of Aden, reflecting the rejection of occupying UAE-Saudi aggression.

The citizens protest against the continued deterioration of living conditions, the interruption of services, the collapse of the economy and currency, and the significant increase in fuel prices.

Last Tuesday, UAE-Saudi-backed forces carried out a massive campaign of arrests against citizens in the city, following the protests that demanded the expulsion of the “UAE-Saudi Council of agents”.

Local news revealed the escape of the first minister in the Saudi-backed government from the city of Aden. It was reported that the Minister of Defense in the Saudi-backed government, Mohammed Al-Maqdashi, fled from the Ma’ashiq “presidential” Palace.

Aden protests came two days after the outbreak of a popular uprising in Mukalla city, the capital of Hadramout province, which spread to Shihr and Ghail Bawazir cities, calling for improving living conditions and the level of electricity and water services.

Saudi Arabia and many of its allies have been waging a war on Yemen since 2015 to restore power there to the country’s Riyadh-friendly former officials. The war and a simultaneous siege that the US-Saudi-led coalition has been enforcing on the country has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis.

The invasion has pushed entire Yemen close to the brink of outright famine, turning the country into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.