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Under the title: “The madness of Aden airport” … Accusations of the Houthis and those who “screamed pain” after the Riyadh Agreement, Mustafa Hashem wrote in Al-Hurra:
And at least two explosions occurred in the Aden airport waiting room on Wednesday as members of the government got off the plane and headed to the waiting room where the explosion occurred, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.
Soon, members of the government were flown in the chaos to the presidential palace in Aden, before a drone trying to target it was also bombed.
Yemeni political analyst Wadih Mansour believes that “the coincidence of explosions due to the return of the government means that there is a party whose interest is not in the success of the formation of the government, and the message is clear that they will not allow it.”
In his interview with the Al-Hurra website, Mansour said: “In addition to the Houthi militia, there are internal parties that are not satisfied with the parity government and its return, such as a wing in the Brotherhood and members of the previous government who are not they are satisfied that they directly criticized the president for considering that the Transitional Council does not have the right to do justice to this government. ”
In this context, the vice president of the Southern Transitional Council, Hani bin Brik, said in a tweet on Twitter: “There is a rush to launch the accusation against the Houthis, because the Houthis are not the only ones affected by the Riyadh agreement and the government formation. Turkey and its screams were the loudest. “
In his interview with Al-Hurra, Al-Bail said: “It is clear from the capabilities that appeared in the nature of targets of this size that the Houthi militia carried out the operation.”
He added: “There are at least 3 missiles and information indicates that they were fired from Taiz airport, which is controlled by the Houthi militia.
Yemeni Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani accused the Houthi group of carrying out the operation and said on Twitter: “We assure our great people that all members of the government are okay, and we confirm that the cowardly terrorist attack carried out carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia at Aden airport will not deter us from fulfilling our national duty. ”
Al-Bail says: “I cannot imagine that any other party would commit such stupidity, except the Houthi militia, which attacked more than one camp and residential neighborhoods in Marib, and we are used to not recognizing it, especially as this act will completely change the compass. .
Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi led the formation of a “committee to investigate the circumstances of the criminal terrorist act that targeted the Aden International Airport, headed by the Minister of the Interior and members of the leaders of the services of security and intelligence and the local authority in Aden in coordination with the Legitimacy Support Coalition, “Yemeni news agency” Saba “reported.
The war in Yemen is fought primarily between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and other forces led by pro-government groups with the support of a Saudi-led military coalition, as the Houthis controlled large areas nearly six years ago.
But there are deep divisions in the anti-Houthi camp. Forces allegedly loyal to the government in the south, where power is concentrated, include secessionist factions from the north, led by the Transitional Council of the South, and accuse the government of corruption and fighting with them.
The rivals signed an agreement in November 2019 in Riyadh that provides for the sharing of power in southern Yemen between the government and the Southern Transitional Council and the formation of a new government. But its provisions were not followed and events quickly overtook them, until the government was born on Friday.
According to Mansour, there are five ministers appointed by the Southern Transitional Council, and another seven distributed from other southern components, such as the Socialist, a conference attended by the death of the mosque, the Southern Movement and another independent one. Therefore, the number of southerners in government is actually 12 ministers compared to 12 for the northern components.
The future of the Riyadh Agreement
Mansour believes that “what happened in the formation of the government is a great step, and also the only one that heralds that things began to fall apart and will lead to bloodshed, indicating that any setback of what has been done is a step backwards, fearing the government’s work in light of the current security situation. ”
Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Muhammad Al Jaber said on Twitter that “attacking the Yemeni government upon arrival at Aden airport is a cowardly terrorist act against the entire Yemeni people, their security, stability and their daily lives, and confirms the degree of disappointment and confusion that the creators of death and destruction have reached as a result of the successful implementation of the Riyadh Agreement and the formation of the Yemeni government and its initiation to begin its duties to serve the Yemeni people. “
The Saudi ambassador affirmed that the agreement “will advance and peace, security and stability will be achieved with the determination of the Yemenis and their courageous government, and the Kingdom-led coalition continues to support the brother Yemeni people and their legitimate government.”
But Al-Bail believes that there is a reluctance to implement the Riyadh Agreement, which led to this incident.
It clarifies that there are “armed security formations of different loyalties, armaments and orientations in Aden, and they are not under the authority of the legitimate government, and the Ministry of the Interior itself does not have the capacity to protect itself.”
He explains: “The Riyadh agreement stipulated that these security formations would be replaced by recognized police and protection forces involved in state security formation under the umbrella of the Ministry of the Interior, in addition to the main forces that secured an important headquarters in Aden, and we would have police officers under the orders of the state and they would receive their orders from the government. “
He added: “The Riyadh agreement emphasized the need to withdraw weapons, especially heavy weapons, and for the military brigades to leave Aden, and for all of them to engage in a process of integration and rehabilitation, and to affiliate with the Ministry of Defense, All of this has not taken any real practical steps so far. ”
Security First
Mansour says that what happened “gives a conclusion that security in the” liberated “governorates is still fragile, including the interim capital of the legitimate government, and that there are still security and intelligence gaps and that greater efforts must be made in this regard. .
Some observers have accused the Southern Transitional Council of negligence because it is responsible for security in Aden, but Mansour attributes the security breach saying “the transition capabilities are limited. We can charge it with negligence if it has the capabilities.”
Some are concerned about the impact of the explosions on government performance, “This is human nature, nobody can do their job optimally and they don’t know where or when the danger will come,” according to Mansour.
Al-Beel believes that the attacks that took place today “will further strengthen the government if it handles the crisis well, because all parties are in government and therefore everyone must realize that everyone is attacked and everyone is in a trench, and that being in Aden and serving the people and making significant achievements in the security and military archives is the right answer to what happened. ”
He adds: “Certainly, what happened requires urgent and quick efforts, support and arrangements, and I imagine that the security file will be well attended in the coming days.”
Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said that his government will carry out its work despite the challenges and will not back down, emphasizing that “the terrorist act that targeted the Aden airport is part of the war against the state.” He added: “We will continue our work until the Houthi coup ends and the state is restored.”
Hadi said that “terrorist acts perpetrated by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia and extremist groups will not discourage the government from carrying out its duties from Aden.”
The US embassy in Yemen said: “We support the Yemeni people in their quest for peace, and we support the new Yemeni government in its work for a better future for all Yemenis.”
United Nations Secretary General Martin Griffiths condemned the attack, saying: “The bombing underscores the importance of urgently returning Yemen to the path of peace.”
