A car bomb targeting the governor's convoy shook Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least five people, security and local government sources said.
By Reyam Mokhashef ADEN (Reuters) - A car bomb targeting the governor s convoy shook Yemen s southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least six people and wounding seven, the information minister said on Twitter. Governor Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-Suqatri, both members of a southern separatist group, survived a terrorist assassination attempt , the state news agency said. Killed in the attack were the governor s press secretary and his photographer, the head of his security detail and a fourth companion as well as a civilian bystander, a local government source said. A body covered with a blanket lay on the street next to a charred vehicle in al-Tawahi district, which houses the headquarters of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC). Firefighters and police were deployed to the area. Lamlas is secretary general of the STC, which has vied with the Saudi-backed government for control of Aden and Yemen s wider south. STC has also seen infighting amo
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April 28, 2021 at 10:11 am | Published in: Middle East, News, Yemen
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, President of Yemen, 12 February 2018 [z sattam/Twitter] April 28, 2021 at 10:11 am
Yemen s Southern Transitional Council (STC) yesterday rejected President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi s decision to dismiss a high-ranking security commander loyal to the council,
Anadolu reported. Today, the Yemeni presidential system leaked a decision to dismiss Major General Fadl Muhammad Abdullah Baish from his duties as commander of the special security forces in the governorates of Aden, Abyan, Lahj, and Al-Dhale, STC spokesman, Ali Al Kathiri, said in a statement, adding that the decision is totally rejected .
The STC pledged in the statement to prevent the implementation of the decision , saying that it is not worth the ink it was written with and can only be implemented on social media .
Southern Yemeni Separatists Reject Hadi s Appointments as No Consultations Take Place Wed 03rd February 2021 | 03:34 PM
Yemen s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) has not acknowledged the recent appointments issued by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, as no consultations were held with the southern authority on the matter, the STC spokesman, Ali al-Kathiri, told Sputnik
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd February, 2021) Yemen s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) has not acknowledged the recent appointments issued by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, as no consultations were held with the southern authority on the matter, the STC spokesman, Ali al-Kathiri, told Sputnik. Since the signing of the Riyadhagreement in 2019 between the government and the council, the situation has changed. And so when nominations are put forward, consultations should be held with everyone, with the council, in particular, as it mainly concerns us in the south. In this reg