Khaberni - Ahmed Saeed bin Breik, vice president of the Southern Transitional Council, said today, Tuesday, that the declaration of what he called the Arab Southern state is closer than ever, and he attacked the president of the Yemeni Presidential Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, and the bombing on Mukalla in Hadhramaut governorate, eastern Yemen.
Bin Breik accused Al-Alimi of losing his legitimacy, and emphasized that "the popular mandate of the Southern Transitional Council, led by Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, is the result of the failure and corruption of the 'legitimacy' system," according to his statement on his account on X platform.
The leader of the Southern Transitional called for "decisive actions" to end what he called "the dominance of hostile forces" within the legitimacy, which he accused of practicing economic blockade and plundering wealth, affirming that Hadhramaut and the South will not submit to attempts to "swallow their lands and riches," and that their security is a "red line," as stated in his announcement.
A statement today, Tuesday, by 4 members of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council—President of the Southern Transitional Council Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, Abdulrahman Abu Zaraa Al-Muharrami, Faraj Al-Bahsani, and Tariq Saleh—opposed Al-Alimi's actions, which included declaring a state of emergency, cancelling the defense agreement with the United Arab Emirates, and demanding their withdrawal from Yemen.
Al-Alimi's decision came this morning, following a Saudi statement from the coalition leadership that confirmed it carried out an airstrike on Mukalla port, targeting weapons and military vehicles unloaded from two ships coming from Fujairah port in the UAE without permission from the coalition command, with tracking systems disabled, to support the Southern Transitional Council forces in Hadhramaut and Mahra.
These developments come after several statements from the Yemeni government and Saudi Foreign Affairs which stated that the military operations witnessed in Hadhramaut and Mahra provinces were carried out without the approval of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council or coordination with the "Legitimacy Support Coalition."
The Southern Transitional Council was then urged to de-escalate and withdraw its forces "smoothly and urgently" from the two eastern provinces of Hadhramaut and Mahra, areas they took control of at the beginning of this month.
