Separatists just liberated South Yemen. Clashes broke out in the
country’s interim capital of Aden, which was also the seat of government
for the formerly independent country of
South Yemen, over the weekend after President Hadi banned the “Southern
Transitional Council” (STC) and its supporters from protesting him. The
STC had given the Yemeni leader an ultimatum set to expire on Sunday to
replace his allegedly corrupt government or face a revolt, and they
claim that he ordered his soldiers to shoot at activists who defied his
anti-protest decree and tried to assemble in the city regardless. [ 500
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