Al- Thawra Net
Foreign organizations are beginning to consider leaving Aden, following escalating attacks on their missions due to growing insecurity. Most recently, a shootout took place at the UNICEF mission building on Saturday.
On Saturday, the UNICEF mission building in the embassy neighborhood of Khor Makser district in Aden came under heavy indiscriminate gunfire from gunmen belonging to the so-called Security Belt forces, a pro-UAE armed gang affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council.
According to local sources, “individuals under the command of the Director of Security of Aden, Shalal Shaya, opened fire on the UNICEF building, as they were passing in front of the building on a security vehicle, because there was a poster with the flag of the Republic of Yemen on its walls”.
According to the sources, “the heavy gunfire caused panic among the organization’s staff and forced them to flee.”
UNICEF clarified that there were no casualties among the organization’s staff.
However, the attack has heightened the fears and concerns of–amongst the staff of foreign organizations’ missions in Aden, prompting a number of them to state their intention to leave the city “until the insecurity is resolved,” according to local officials of the organizations.
Aden and the southern provinces generally complain of growing insecurity due to the multiplicity of militias as well as security and military formations loyal to different factions of the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition, waging ongoing clashes to extend their influence and control.
