An Emirati ship "not subject to inspection" in Socotra and shooting in Mukalla ... Forces loyal to Abu Dhabi anger the government and local residents.

Yemeni local sources told Al-Jazeera that yesterday, Saturday, the Emirati-backed Transitional Council militants unloaded an Emirati ship in a port in the Socotra archipelago, despite the Yemeni government's demands for the Saudi forces guarding the port not to allow this.

The sources added that the council pushed demonstrators loyal to it to demonstrate in front of the port of "Holaf" in Socotra, before the STC militants began unloading the ship's cargo and transported it to the yard of a fish factory run by the UAE and guarded by foreigners brought in by Abu Dhabi.

The government had requested not to allow the ship, which was not subject to inspection and did not obtain approval, to be unloaded, amid information about the UAE’s transfer of communications and military equipment to establish military bases for it in the archipelago.

Al-Jazeera obtained a memorandum submitted by the Director General of Socotra Port, Riyadh Suleiman to Salem Al-Khanbashi, Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen, Acting Minister of Transport, informing him of the entry of the Emirati ship "AD ASTRE" in a violation, without permission from the port authorities and without completing the official procedures in accordance with law and order .

A local source said that the unloading of the ship's cargo would not have taken place had it not been for the complicity of the Saudi forces in Socotra and their exchange of roles with the Emirati forces.

Demonstrations in Hadramout

On the other hand, Emirati-backed Yemeni forces opened heavy fire on Sunday to disperse protesters angry at the deterioration of public services, in Hadramout Governorate, in the east of the country.

The Anadolu Agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying that "angry protesters cut off the main streets in the city of Mukalla, the governorate center, and set tire fires in protest against the deterioration of services, foremost of which is electricity."

The witnesses added that the protests coincided with the massive deployment of the Hadrami elite forces backed by the UAE, and they pointed to clashes that broke out between the two parties.

They explained that the Hadrami Elite Forces fired intensively to disperse the protesters, some of whom used stones to throw stones at the UAE-backed forces.

And the Hadrami Elite Forces, a military forces backed by the UAE that were formed in 2015, and have been trained in camps belonging to the Saudi-Emirati coalition, and all of their members belong to the Hadramawt governorate.

It is not known if the clashes caused casualties between the two sides, but activists supporting the protests reported injuries among the protesters.

The city of Mukalla is witnessing long power cuts, in conjunction with high temperatures and humidity in the coastal city.

For his part, the Deputy Speaker of the Yemeni Parliament, Mohsen Basurrah, denounced the shooting of live bullets and the street blockage in the city.