Alwaght- The resigned Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and his cabinet have recently returned to the southern port city of Aden, months after it was captured from Ansarullah fighters and military forces. Yet, his return, which has promised to re-establish a permanent government presence in the city seems empty of realism, in light of the security situation.
After Khaled Bahah and Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi entered Aden, it was expected that security and stability would reign in this region in the presence of the resigned government. However, the instability and frail security situation continue, darting a harsh blow to the Saudi-backed pawns.
On Thursday, ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that targeted the presidential palace in the southern city of Aden. In a statement posted on Twitter, the terrorist organization vowed that dark days are ahead of Yemen’s tyrants. 12 people were killed, 15 others were injured including civilians, according to security sources.
Another deadly bombing struck on Friday killing seven people in Yemen’s second city, not far from the presidential palace.
In recent months, ISIS has carried out similar attacks in what amounts to proof of widespread insecurity in the governorate since it was captured from Ansarullah fighters and military forces loyal to former president Ali Abdallah Saleh last July by coalition-backed groups.
Hadi loyalists, supported by Saudi-led airstrikes have regained control over the port city. However, Aden has been wrought with violence and this fact indicates the weakness of the resigned government and strips it of its so-called legitimacy.
Without security, there is no stability; and without stability, there is no rule.
Torn by conflict since 2014, Yemen has been struggling to find security beneath a sky that rains bombs and land that sprouts bombs. With the Saudi-backed coalition from above, Hadi loyalists, ISIS, and al-Qaeda militants on the ground, the Ansarullah movement, popular forces, and Saleh’s troops have put up a fierce fight gaining ground all over the country and has secured the capital Sana’a. However, Aden was lost to Hadi who declared it a temporary capital of the illegitimate government. Security has reached new heights there with security forces unable to even protect the presidential palace, let alone the residents of the city.
The presence of the Yemeni-branch of ISIS, Ansar Asharia and Al-Qaeda poses a great challenge to the government which has failed to keep the promises it made after pushing out Ansarullah from Aden in 2015, including the reconstruction of the city’s infrastructure, buildings and much-needed security.
