国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Yemens Aden faces escalating faction after attack by southern separatist forces_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Yemens Aden faces escalating faction after attack by southern separatist forces

Meanwhile, media outlets affiliated to the STC reported that the UN peace talks scheduled for September in Geneva might include pro-secession southern leaders for the first time.

Ignoring the STC and pro-secession southern leaders or excluding them from the UN-sponsored peace talks will absolutely escalate the situation, leading to a complete failure, according to local analysts.

In January, forces loyal to the STC engaged in fierce armed confrontations with the government Presidential Protection Forces over the control of Aden.

During the fighting, the forces loyal to the STC took control of the port city of Aden and other government headquarters after two days of clashes which left more than 38 killed and scores of others injured.

There have been rising tensions between southern separatist leaders and ministers of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government over control of the southern half of the country after expelling Iran-backed Houthis from the region.

Considered as Yemen's temporary capital, Aden is where the Saudi-backed Yemeni government has based itself since 2017.

The Yemeni government, allied with the Saudi-led Arab military coalition, has been battling Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels over control of the country for more than three years.

The anti-Houthi coalition began an air campaign in March 2017 to wipe out Houthi presence and reinstate exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his government to the power.