Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik has phone called the governor of Shabwah Mohammed bin Edeiw after government forces thwarted an armed attack by militants from the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) on the southeastern Yemen province.

Yemen's Independent Youth a key participant in the historical National Dialogue Conference (of 2013-2014) have affirmed their "absolute support" to President Abd-Rabbu M. Hadi's government.

Yemen's Consultative Council (Majlis Ashura) has condemned the bloody attack by separatists in south Yemen which led to the capture of the temporary capital Aden and Abyan province within the past two weeks.

Yemen's Government has accused the command of the UAE forces in Shabwah of triggering new confrontations with the government forces in the capital of the eastern Yemen province on Thursday.

Yemen's Cabinet directed state institutions to press on servicing the public, albeit in exceptional circumstances resulting from the takeover of the temporary capital Aden on August 11 southern armed separatists.

The Houthi militia controlling the capital Sana'a have committed 2726 violations of human rights in the city and the overall province during the first half of 2019, a report has found.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad al-Hadhrami discussed Thursday with Chinese Ambassador to Yemen Kang Yong peace process and situation developments in provinces of Aden and Abyan over UAE-backed Transitional Council's armed rebellion.

The acting Yemeni ambassador toAddis AbabaYahya al-Eryani has briefed the Director of Middle East at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry on the rebellion and seizure of the temporary capital Adenby the armed separatists from the Southern Transitional Council.

Yemen's Ambassador to Vienna HaithamShuga'ddin discussed Thursday with Deputy Director of the Middle East Department Andreas Andle situation development in the transitional capital Aden after armed rebellion carried out by transitional council against state institutions.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad al-Hadhrami discussed Thursday with UK Ambassador to Yemen Michael Aron latest developments in Yemen, including peace process and repercussion of UAE- backed Transitional Council's armed rebellion in Aden and Abyan.

The presidency of the parliament has affirmed its support to the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in the face of the recent rebellion by the UAE-backed separatists in south Yemen.

Mareb Security Committee held Wednesday its regular meeting on discussing security efforts and plans for improving security performance for tightening security in the province.

Charge D'Affairs at Yemen's Embassy here Aber Makkawi handed over Wednesday the Director of the Middle East and North African Department at Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Dimitra Dimitrov a copy of a release issued Tuesday by the Council of Ministers on Southern Transition Council's armed rebellion against state institutions in Aden.

Yemen's Ambassador to Germany Yahya al-Shoaybi and the Head of the Middle East Division at the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Ohnmacht in Berlin have discussed the rebellion by militiamen of the Southern Transitional Council.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad al-Hadhrami discussed Wednesday with US Charge D' Affairs in Yemen Junaid Muneer peace process and situations development in Aden and Abyan after Southern Transitional Council's armed rebellion.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has affirmed the importance of preserving Yemen's unity and sovereignty.

The Arab League has said splitting Yemen's unity will not serve Yemeni people and will only lead to more fragmentation and disorder.

The Council of Ministers said it holds the UAE fully responsible for the armed rebellion ofthe SouthernTransitional Council (STC) and its aftermaths.

Yemen's government has blamed the United Arab Emirates, an Arab Coalition member, for veering off from the course of supporting the Yemeni government to supporting southern armed separatists who captured the country's temporary capital, Aden, on August 11 and Abyan province to its north today.

The speaker of the Yemeni parliament has warned against any attempts to partition Yemen "and the consequences of doing that on Yemen and the region."