The Struggle For South Yemen

Die Gerechtigkeit muss ihren Lauf nehmen

“…Wer Ǧibrān tatsächlich ist, bleibt zwar im Dunkeln, aber die drei Nachtplauderer erfahren, dass sie als Zeugen in einen Mordprozess verwickelt sind. Ausführlich wird über 15 Seiten das Gespräch der drei mit Ǧibrān geschildert, ohne durch andere Handlungsstränge unterbrochen zu werden (S. [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]. Noch mehr Aufklärung bringen die Polizeiakten, die Ǧibrān den drei Plauderern zur Lektüre übergibt.…”

The Saudi-led Intervention in Yemen. (c2021)

“…While there is shifting between violence and ceasefire on an irregular basis between the Houthis and the IRG, various tribes in the North of Yemen and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) started to clash with the government's way of dealing with the conflict leading to further polarization. For example, frictions between the IRG and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) eventually occurred and led to an eruption of violence between the IRG and STC in Aden in 2018 and resulted in the STC's control of Aden with assistance from the UAE (Kostiner, 2020).…”

“…With support from KSA, the Imam loyalists resisted the coup for over half a decade but were defeated after the military intervention of the Egyptian forces (Blumi, 2018). In the South, various actors within the Socialist-ruling party fought against each other over disputes related to the legitimacy of the power-sharing mechanisms among the socialist party leader that later turned into a tribal dispute between Al-Zomra, a group led by the former president Abdulfattah Ismail, and Al-Toghma, a group led by a socialist party leader named Ali Nasir Muhammed, in what was coined as the Events of '86 (Halliday, 1990;Kostiner, 2020). The brief but deadly war resulted in tens of thousands of casualties.…”

“…After the unification of Yemen in 1990, a civil war between southern political elites, led by Ali Salem Al-Bid, and the former president of unified Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, over claims that Saleh pushed to sideline the southerners influence in decision-making of the government and failure to improve the economic situation in the Southern territories lead to a brief but costly war in 1994 (Kostiner, 2020). The current conflict in Yemen marked the fourth major civil war in the last fifty years.…”

“…For example, Hadi's designation of Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar as vice president hinders any efforts of conflict settlements as both the Houthis and the Southern separatists hold animosity against Mohsen for his leading role in the six wars against the Houthis and his role in the civil war between Saleh against the southern forces in 1994 (Al-Qirbi, 2020). Additionally, the destruction of the national army and its dissemination has contributed to the Houthi forces' increased motivation to advance in areas under Hadi's control, especially after the clashes between Hadi forces and STC in 2019 (Kostiner, 2020).…”