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UAE-backed separatists pull back after seizing Yemen's Aden

By AHMED AL-HAJ UAE-backed fighters had
SAMY MAGDY withdrawn from the streets
Associated Press but still held military posi-
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Ye- tions seized in recent days,
meni separatists backed and were still stationed
by the United Arab Emir- outside the presidential
ates began withdrawing palace. Other officials at
Sunday from positions they Aden's airport said flights
seized from the internation- had resumed after being
ally-recognized govern- halted since Thursday be-
ment in the southern port cause of the clashes. All of
city of Aden. them spoke on condition of
Both the southern separat- anonymity because they
ists and the government were not authorized to
forces are ostensibly allies brief media.
in the Saudi-led military co- The government forces that
alition that's been battling were expelled from Aden
the Houthi rebels in north- are led by President Abed
ern Yemen since 2015. Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who
But a major rift in the coali- In this Friday Aug. 9, 2019 frame grab from video, Southern Transitional Council separatist fighters has been based Saudi Ara-
tion was exposed during line up to storm the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen. bia for five years. Officials
the four days of fighting Associated Press within his government have
for control of Aden, as the said Hadi wants to return to
UAE-backed Southern Tran- have diverging interests in and other cities. The UAE, ordering the separatists to Aden, but his Saudi hosts
sitional Council wrested the Yemen, where the stale- which recently began pull back as Saudi troops would prefer he remain
city from government forc- mated war has spawned withdrawing troops from moved to secure govern- close at hand in their capi-
es. More than 70 people the world's worst humani- Yemen, appears more in- ment buildings. On Sunday, tal, Riyadh.
were killed in the clashes. tarian crisis and drawn terested in securing its in- Saudi state TV reported Hadi's interior minister,
The UAE is the dominant mounting criticism in Wash- terests in the south — which that the separatists had be- Ahmed al-Maisar, sharply
force in Yemen's south, ington. lies along major trading gun withdrawing. criticized Saudi Arabia for
where it has an estimated Saudi Arabia views the routes linking Africa to Asia The coalition said Sunday it remaining silent during the
90,000 allied militiamen and Houthi rebels in Yemen's — than waging a war that struck a target that posed past four days while fighting
has long been at odds with north as a major national appears increasingly un- a "direct threat" to the gov- raged in Aden. He spoke in
the government, which is security threat, in part be- winnable. ernment, without elaborat- a video released Sunday
largely based in Saudi Ara- cause the Houthis have Saudi Arabia had respond- ing, and warned of further that was recorded while he
bia. launched numerous cross- ed angrily to the takeover military action if the sepa- said he was awaiting evac-
The two U.S.-allied Gulf border missile attacks tar- in Aden, calling for an im- ratists did not pull back. uation from Aden to Saudi
monarchies appear to geting the Saudi capital mediate cease-fire and Yemeni officials said the Arabia a day earlier.q

Tanzanian police say 62 killed when

siphoned tanker explodes

120 miles (200 kilometers)
from the economic hub of
Dar es Salaam.
Regional commissioner Ste-
ven Kebwe told the local
Azam TV that many suf-
fered serious burns.
Witnesses told The Associ-
ated Press that a crowd
had gathered around the
fuel tanker after it was in-
volved in an accident early
Saturday and some people
were trying to siphon away
fuel when the truck burst
An injured man is carried from the scene as a petrol tanker into flames. Video footage
burns in the background, Saturday, Aug. 10 2019, in Morogoro,
Tanzania. posted on social media
Associated Press showed people collecting
fuel into jerry cans before
Associated Press dents of its kind in the East the fire incident.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania African country. In a statement expressing
(AP) — A damaged tanker Tanzanian state broadcast- condolences, Tanzanian
truck exploded in eastern er TBC, citing police fig- President John Magufuli
Tanzania as people were ures, said at least 70 more said he was dismayed peo-
trying to siphon fuel out of people were injured during ple attacked vehicles in-
it Saturday, killing at least the explosion in the town of volved in accidents instead
62 in one of the worst inci- Morogoro, located about of offering help.q