Independent: The battle for secession of the south is fueling more conflicts in Yemen

The chaotic battle for the secession of southern Yemen spawns other conflicts in different parts of the war-torn country for years, the Independent reports.

Separatist efforts in southern Yemen and the takeover of Aden by UAE-backed separatists have torn apart the Saudi-led coalition to support the legitimate government, which was supposed to fight the Houthis, the newspaper said in an article to Middle East correspondent Bill Tru.

She warned that the overthrow of the authority of the legitimate government by the separatists in Aden threatens not only a new war between the south and the north, but a war within the south itself.

The sources quoted the fear of sources from the fighters of the province of Mahra that the separatist battles could lead to other conflicts inside Yemen, which is suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, and face about 13 million people from the specter of famine.

Ali Salem al-Huraizi, former governor of al-Mahra and commander of the border forces, told the newspaper he believed the Aden battles would spread to his area, expecting the southern transitional council to try to take control of provinces east of Aden, such as Abyan and Shabwa. Itself, we will train our men so that they are ready in the next few weeks. "

The forecast was believed to be true as the separatist forces attacked Shabwa one week after taking control of Aden, reports said.

The correspondent highlighted that the different priorities of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in Yemen is the main cause of the chaos that characterizes the conflict in the Yemeni scene now.

While Saudi Arabia has focused on fighting the forces of the Iranian-backed Ansar Allah (Houthis) group, which has become vulnerable to its missiles, the UAE's priority is to eliminate the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen.

The newspaper cited the views of some Yemeni specialists, including Yemeni political scholar Ahmed Ali al-Mukhaini, who believes the UAE does not see the Houthis as a threat but seeks to wipe out the Muslim Brotherhood, which worries Abu Dhabi.

According to the reporter, the fear of the Yemeni Islamic Reform Party's control of the areas, which were controlled by the Houthis, may be the main motivation behind the UAE's arming of the Southern Transitional Council.

According to Elizabeth Kendall, a Yemeni expert and professor at Oxford University, the UAE, by training the separatist forces, has released a hard-to-control marda, and Yemen's future peace will require the UAE to persuade them to abandon its separatist goals.

A coup against legitimacy

The Independent quoted an unnamed UAE official as denying any differences between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over Yemen, noting that coalition forces were doing all they could to restore peace to Yemen.

With fighting between the coalition forces that were supposed to fight the Houthis, the peace agreements signed by the legitimate government with the Houthis are becoming a luxury.

Separatists against the transitional

Adding to the complexity of the scene, the correspondent says the existence of a group of separatists seeking independence for the south, but they are working against the Southern Transitional Council because of its affiliation to Abu Dhabi.

Fadi Hassan Barhoum (head of the Revolutionary Movement for the South) described the transitional council as a tool in the hands of the UAE. "We are concerned that the south will become the scene of bloodshed and a battleground for the interests of the Gulf and other forces (external)."