Yemeni Minister of Industry and Trade Muhammad Abdul Wahid al-Mitimi resigned from the Yemeni government in protest at the continued tearing apart of the country and the absence of any government position that was rejected, while political parties called for serious measures to be taken to stop the "tampering" of the Southern Transitional Council.
Al-Mitimi said in a message to Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi that "there are regional states - some of which fall within the Arab coalition that was established to restore the legitimate state and the necessity to abide by Security Council resolutions - day and night seeking to tear Yemen and the coup against constitutional legitimacy, and to finance, arm and train militias A locality to bring down legitimacy and the state, and it works to tear Yemen and cut its lands and islands. "
The Yemeni minister added that recent and sad events and developments in Yemen, and public endeavors to tear it apart and the absence of any government position rejecting, frank and declared those actions and practices that undermine the Yemeni state and tear its social fabric obliged him to submit his resignation.
He said that this step came according to what his duty dictates, and as an expression of the position rejecting those actions carried out by the armed militias backed regionally to overthrow the legitimate state and rip Yemen apart, according to what came in the resignation.
Calls to stop the "transitional" tampering
In another development, 15 Yemeni political parties Sunday called on President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to take serious measures to stop what it described as the tampering of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council in the provinces of Socotra and Aden in the south of the country.
This came in a joint statement of the parties, headed by the General People's Congress (the ruling), the Yemeni Assembly for Reform (the largest Islamist party), and the Yemeni Rashad Union (my predecessor involved in the government).
The parties said in their statement that they followed the unfortunate events that occurred in the governorate of Socotra after the militias of the so-called transitional council attacked Hadiboh.
The parties called on President Hadi to take serious steps to restore the situation and put an end to the frustration that occurred in the provinces that were affected by the absurdity of the so-called transitional council and its armed rebellion.
The statement also called for Hadi to direct the government to carry out its responsibilities in addressing the acts of the rebellion, and to take practical measures and measures to extend its control and influence over the entire Yemeni territory.
Earlier, Yemeni officials warned of a "plan" to topple Yemeni provinces with the hands of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, and the increasing influence of both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which are now "sharing control" over the country.
Ahmed Obaid bin Dagher, an adviser to the Yemeni president and former prime minister, called on the Yemenis for an urgent Yemeni dialogue, to discuss the fate of the country instead of continuing to write the partition documents in their hands, as he put it.
For his part, the Yemeni Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information Muhammad Qizan warned of a "plan" to bring down the Yemeni Hadramaut Governorate, however, to the southern transitional hand, noting that the plan to overthrow it is in full swing.
Also, Mokhtar Al-Rahbi, adviser to the Yemeni Minister of Information, announced in tweets on Twitter that the Saudi-Emirati alliance is "sharing Yemen ... Saudi Arabia has gone and took control of Al-Mahrah and Socotra, while the UAE has gone to Hadramout, Aden and the (western) coast."
Shelling and
field battles , local sources said that violent battles broke out between the Yemeni National Army and the Houthis in the Qaniya area in Al-Bayda Governorate, central Yemen, while the Saudi-Emirati coalition fighters launched air strikes targeting Houthi sites and mechanisms.
The sources added that the Houthis took control of the Al-Falaq Mountains, which overlook areas in the districts of Mahlia and Al-Abdiya, south of Ma'rib Governorate, and they also took control of Jabal Al-Domani.
She said that the Houthis' control of those areas - which were neutral and had no party - came after their control of Radman district after clashes with a number of tribesmen last Thursday.
She noted that the National Army launched an attack in which he managed to control those sites and expel the Houthis from them hours after they took control of them.
Military and local sources said that dozens of people were killed and injured as a result of the violent clashes.
A medical source said that dozens of corpses of Houthi fighters arrived in the city of Rada, which they control in Al Bayda Governorate.
On Sunday evening, the Houthis said that the Saudi-Emirati coalition aircraft launched 21 air strikes on the departments of Nate and Wardman, and on Saturday evening, they launched 25 raids on Radman in Al-Bayda Governorate.
A UN call to stop the escalation
For his part, Martin Griffith, the United Nations envoy to Yemen, strongly condemned the ongoing military escalation throughout Yemen, especially the recent increasing hostilities in the governorates of Ma'rib and Al-Jawf.
Griffiths said in a statement that this escalation ran counter to the spirit of the ongoing United Nations-sponsored negotiations, which aim to reach a comprehensive ceasefire throughout Yemen.
He pointed out that the escalation contradicts humanitarian and economic measures to alleviate the suffering of the Yemenis, and a commitment to resume the political process with a view to a comprehensive end to the conflict.
Griffiths called on the conflicting parties to seriously reduce the escalation, give peace a chance, and continue to engage constructively in the United Nations' efforts to reach an agreement.