Hadi complains to Saudi Arabia and accuses the UAE of executing wounded in hospitals

Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi accused the UAE of executing wounded people in hospitals, and appealed to Saudi Arabia to stop the UAE raids against legitimate government forces, which injured and killed more than 300 military and civilians.

The Yemeni president said that the UAE-backed Transitional Council militias carried out executions in a number of wounded in several hospitals in Abyan province.

Hadi called on Saudi leaders to intervene to stop the UAE attack on government forces and civilians in Aden and Abyan.

In his first comment on the UAE bombing of government forces, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said Abu Dhabi was supporting the transitional council in southern Yemen in an effort to divide the country.

He added that the UAE took advantage of the current circumstances that Yemen is going through to put these militias against the legitimate state institutions, in an effort to implement its agenda in the division of Yemen.

Hadi said that "government forces withdrew from Aden to the perimeter of the city to spare civilians the mad destruction by the Transitional Council militias backed by UAE air cover."

In the same context, the State Department called on all parties to respect the ceasefire agreement and resolve their differences through dialogue.

Injustice and aggression
The Yemeni president in Riyadh said that "the national army is facing the Houthi militias and the armed rebellion targeting the constitutional legitimacy and identity of Yemen, which was carried out by the militias of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, which has established itself - unjustly and aggressively and with armed force - as a representative of the people of the Yemeni people in the southern governorates. He continues to commit the most heinous crimes against unarmed citizens using the UAE military arsenal in pursuit of the goals and objectives of the financiers.

Hadi stressed that "the planes of the targeted terrorists of our land will not intimidate us and we will restore Aden and extend the influence of the state."

For their part, members of the Yemeni cabinet asked President Hadi to suspend relations with the UAE, withdraw the Yemeni ambassador from Abu Dhabi, and lift the legal cover for those who rebelled against legitimacy after their appointment by republican decisions.

In the same context, the Yemeni government formally asked the Security Council to hold an emergency session on UAE air strikes, and members of the government affirmed their right to sue Abu Dhabi against the backdrop of those raids.

For its part, the Security Council expressed particular concern about recent developments in southern Yemen, including attempts to control state institutions with violence.

In a statement, the council called on all parties to exercise restraint and preserve Yemen's territorial integrity.

Sharing control
On the ground, Al Jazeera sources reported that the clashes between the forces of legitimacy and the forces supported by the United Arab Emirates have turned into a continuous escape in Aden.

UAE-backed Transitional Council forces carried out a counter-offensive to retake Zanzibar, the capital of Abyan province.

Currently, government forces control the directorates of Sheikh Othman, Dar Saad, Brega and the presidential palace, while the Transitional Council forces control the directorates of Crater, Mansoura, Tawahi and Aden airport.

The two sides share control over the directorates of Khor Maksar and al-Mu'alla. Sources pointed to the mobilization of the two sides on the outskirts of Aden in preparation for confrontations to control it.