UAE-Backed Separatists Pull Back After Seizing Yemen’s Aden

Southern Transitional Council separatist fighters and supporters celebrate the storming of the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen on Aug. 9, 2019. AP Photo

SANAA, Yemen—Yemeni separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates began withdrawing Aug. 11 from positions they seized from the internationally-recognized government in the southern port city of Aden.

Both the southern separatists and the government forces are ostensibly allies in the Saudi-led military coalition that’s been battling the Houthi rebels in northern Yemen since 2015.