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| Separatists seize checkpoints in southern Yemen amid political crisis |
| 2015-01-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] Separatists have seized all security checkpoints in the southern Yemeni city of Ataq as political uncertainty looms large over the Arab country. According to reports on Saturday, gunnies from the secessionist Harak movement of southern Yemen overran security checkpoints in Ataq, Shabwa Province. The reports added that the government forces showed no resistance during the assault. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... local authorities in Shabwa stated that they would desist receiving orders from the central government in the country's capital, Sana'a. On Friday, the southern Yemen separatists launched rallies in the city of Aden, calling for independence from Sana'a. The secessionists raised the flag of Southern Yemen over the airport and some of the government buildings in Aden. The separatists' attack on Ataq checkpoints came two days after President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the cabinet of Prime Minister Khaled Bahah resigned over pressure from Shia Ansarullah revolutionaries of Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... movement. The parliament, however, rejected Hadi's resignation pending an emergency session on Sunday. Southern Yemen was formerly an independent country, which merged with the Northern Yemen to form the present-day Yemen in 1990. The impoverished Arab country is currently grappling with a severe political crisis between the central government and Ansarullah fighters. In September 2014, Ansarullah revolutionary fighters gained control of Sana'a following a four-day battle with army forces loyal to General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, the half-brother of the country's former dictator, President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... . |
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