A bomb blast near a market in the southern Yemeni city of Aden has killed at least five people and injured 30 others, according to the latest figures.
Faraan: A bomb blast near a market in the city of Aden, (a capital city affiliated to the Riyadh government), has killed at least five people and injured 30 others. One child was reported killed.
According to the Aden Al-Youm website, the explosion took place in the center of Sheikh Othman Bazaar, and according to the local police commander, the bomb was planted inside a barrel. Some local sources put the death toll higher, predicting an increase in the number of dead and injured due to overcrowding in the market.
According to the report, the injured were taken to Doctors Without Borders Hospital, and hospital officials called for people to donate blood. Tensions and clashes between Transitional Council militants claiming secession from Yemen and those of the resigned government have been a constant source of crisis in Yemen since the beginning of the war, and have led to bloody and protracted clashes in different stages.
Observers see the clashes as a power struggle between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, in which the Transitional Council obeys the UAE and the resigned government has no authority other than to carry out Saudi orders. On May 16th, a car bomb exploded in front of a police building in the city of Aden, and a week earlier, gunmen from the Transitional Council opened fire on Saudi forces at Habiqah, at the entrance to Hadibu, the administrative center of Socotra.
Insecurity, bloodshed and bloody rivalries in the southern cities and under the control of the resigned government, while the cities and provinces under the rule of the Sanaa government are in complete security and, apart from the Saudi coalition airstrikes, there have been no reports of bombings or assassinations in the recent years.
The issue was raised by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on the sidelines of the Davos summit today, and he said that Ansarullah and its allies in the capital and northern Yemen had been able to stand up to war and aggression in recent years, as well as the safest areas for terrorist movements. This was while they witnessed many problems in the south.
