Southern Transitional Council President Aidrous al-Zubaidi announced on Friday that southern forces had regained control of Al-Mudharabah, Bab al-Mandab and Mayyun Island, presenting the three locations as part of the southern border. Al-Zubaidi attributed the restoration of control to southern forces in an announcement covering Al-Mudharabah, the Bab al-Mandab area and Mayyun Island.
Al-Zubaidi rejects undermining the victories of southern forces
The development was presented as an announcement by the president of the Southern Transitional Council concerning field control in those areas. Al-Zubaidi said the people of the south would not accept the «theft of the victories achieved by their armed forces», linking his position to his announcement that control had been restored over the locations mentioned. In his statement, he stressed that the people of the south, in his words, remained committed to the victories he attributed to their armed forces.
Al-Zubaidi's statement combined an announcement of control over the three areas with confirmation that the people of the south would not accept what he described as the stripping away of the results of the southern forces' military operations.
