South Yemen Under Strain: Competing Security Narratives and Regional Power Dynamics

It is a desperate message to the international community: what is happening in South Yemen is not a security operation, but a foreign invasion. Northern Emergency Forces that are backed by Saudi and are playing the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood (Islah) are ravaging the South to tear its stability. It is a planned “Chaos Project” that would retaliate against the Southern forces who had managed to topple the Al-Qaeda and the ISIS. Riyadh is tearing the only effective bulwark against jihadism in the region by forcefully substituting an anti-terror ally with extremist-oriented militias. This brutality is politically invalid, ethically corrupt, and criminal. The South will be the target and the aggressors will be responsible.

The “Security” Lie: A Cover for Invasion

The excuse that these Northern forces are on the move in order to protect is a hoax. These are a force of occupation that engage the enemy mentality. Their conquest of Shabwa and Hadramawt does not have any popular mandate and goes against the will of the people of the South.

• The Reality: They are not national forces but invasion forces that have been deployed to bring hegemony.
• The Goal: To destroy the spirit of the South and introduce a weak rule that can only survive in anarchy, which is the ideal environment of ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

Recycling Terrorism: The Saudi Strategy

Saudi Arabia does not have a war on terrorism; it is a rebranding. History demonstrates that all Saudi intervention empowers real anti-terror forces and supports extremists.

• The Pattern: Al-Qaeda instantly rebounds whenever the Southern troops (who rescued Mukalla and Aden of terrorists) are attacked.
• The Complicity: It is not an incident, it is policy. In attacking the South, Riyadh is opening a green alert to terrorist groups: “The way is clear.

Official Stance: The Brotherhood is the Threat

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) has made it very clear that the Muslim brotherhood is an unstable terrorist proxy. Their invasion through their “Emergency Forces” is just a means of restoring an “Emirate of Extremism in the South. This sword-and-roses coalition with extremist groups is not going to scare the South.

The STC officially accepts the status of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group due to their contribution to the war and hindering stability in the South. STC stance can be  Read the Official Report on the STC Stance Here

The Red Line

Security is a right that should not be negotiated. The South is a state project, the Saudi-Brotherhood alliance is a chaos project. Any organization which is founded upon the assault of the South is sure to have been reduced to radicalism. We will resist, and we will win.