ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 5 -- Thousands of Yemenis gathered Thursday in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden to show their support for the anti-terror role played by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the war-torn country.
The rally's organizer, the pro-secession Southern Transitional Council (STC), said in a statement that the rally aimed at "expressing gratitude for the UAE armed forces that firmly stand with the southern forces in confronting terror groups such as the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch and the Islamic State (IS) group."
The event came days after "Yemeni Islamic political parties used their media outlets and launched a misinformation campaign against the UAE forces" operating in the war-ravaged Arab country, the STC said.
Newly-recruited military units of the STC launched several anti-terror campaigns against bastions of al-Qaida and IS in southern Yemen in cooperation with the UAE, which is a key partner of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen.
Last year, the UAE-backed southern forces succeeded in expelling al-Qaida militants from key areas in the southern provinces of Abyan and Shabwa.
However, local military sources said that scores of terrorist elements resumed their activities and rearranged their ranks in those mountainous areas after alienating UAE-backed southern military units and creating a security vacuum during the past weeks.
Large pro-UAE rallies were also organized by the STC in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout.
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