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| Arab-led coalition moves to stabilize S. Yemen amid clashes between allies | Arab-led coalition moves to stabilize S. Yemen amid clashes between allies |
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| The Arab-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen moved Monday to work out a ceasefire as nominal allies in the south turned on each other in a power struggle. | The Arab-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen moved Monday to work out a ceasefire as nominal allies in the south turned on each other in a power struggle. |
| Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the main powers in Yemen’s Arab-led coalition, formed a joint committee to oversee a ceasefire between UAE-backed southern separatists and Saudi-backed government forces in the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa, Reuters reports. | Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the main powers in Yemen’s Arab-led coalition, formed a joint committee to oversee a ceasefire between UAE-backed southern separatists and Saudi-backed government forces in the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa, Reuters reports. |
| Earlier this month, separatist forces took over the southern port of Aden, the interim seat of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government. Last week, they extended their reach to the capital of nearby Abyan. Southern fighters and government forces have also clashed in the oil-producing Shabwa province. | Earlier this month, separatist forces took over the southern port of Aden, the interim seat of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government. Last week, they extended their reach to the capital of nearby Abyan. Southern fighters and government forces have also clashed in the oil-producing Shabwa province. |
| Both sides are part of the Arab-led, Western-backed coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015 against the Houthi rebels who ousted Hadi’s government from power in the capital Sanaa in late 2014. |