The United Nations has warned of the deteriorating security situation in the Yemeni interim capital Aden in conjunction with the strengthening of the UAE-backed transitional council to control the city, while the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi called on the right parties to prevail the language of dialogue.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General for the island said that the United Nations began to reduce the number of staff in the Yemeni interim capital Aden, until ensuring the performance of their tasks as safe as before.
The UN official's comments came as the Southern Transitional Council (NTC) continues to maintain control of the city. The UAE-backed security belt has set up security checkpoints and checkpoints in the city.
During the past two days, the forces carried out a campaign targeting a number of houses belonging to officials of the legitimate Yemeni government, according to local sources.
It reported that the gunmen stormed the house of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ahmed al-Maisari and looted its contents, as they stormed the house of Oil Minister Aws al-Oud. The incursions included the homes of a number of military leaders and officials of the legitimate government.
In the same context, clashes broke out on Sunday evening between the security belt gunmen and guarding the house of Suleiman al-Zamki, adviser to the Minister of Interior, when the gunmen tried to storm the house, before intervening tribal mediation to stop the clashes between the parties.
Witnesses said that the security belt forces looted the weapons of the Presidential Protection Brigades and the facilities of the presidential palace in Al-Ma'aihik area after the clashes stopped.
| Transitional Council raided the homes of government officials (Reuters) |
Call for dialogue
Politically, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed said that the UAE and Saudi Arabia stand together in the same trench in the face of forces that threaten the security of the countries of the region, and agree to demand the conflicting Yemeni parties to prevail the language of dialogue and reason and the interest of Yemen.
Ibn Zayed met Monday with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz at the Mona Palace in Mecca and discussed with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the latest developments in Yemen.
"Dialogue is the only way to resolve any differences between Yemenis," Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince said in a statement after the two meetings, after Riyadh called on the conflicting parties in Aden for an "urgent dialogue" in Saudi Arabia.
He added that the invitation issued by Riyadh to the parties to the conflict in Yemen "embodies the common concern for the stability of Yemen, and represents an important framework to defuse sedition and achieve solidarity among the people of the same nation."
The talks were preceded by two meetings held by Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi with King Salman and his crown prince. The two sides reviewed the latest developments in Yemen, especially the developments in Aden.