An informed source, who is a head of Yemeni Southern Transitional Council, has revealed that the UAE is correcting some political issues in the south of Yemen within the framework of the recently signed MoU with Iran.

The source, who asked to be remained anonymous, told ‘Arabi 21’ news website that the military and political heads of the Southern Transitional Council, which is backed by Abu Dhabi, will be one of the targets of UAE revision of political issues.

The source added that the revision is taking place within the framework of amendments to Abu Dhabi’s stances on Yemen and the recent UAE’s MoU with Iran.

According to the source, “the Emiratis have promised Iran to restore the political conditions in the south of Yemen to the previous shape.”

The source further noted that disputes have emerged among the members of Southern Transitional Council. He added the two major figures Aidrous Al-Zubaidi (the head of the Council) and Ahmad Al-Amlas are engaged in a row.

He described as suspicious a recent car accident in the province of Al-Shabwa, in which three journalists were killed while Ahmad Al-Amlas survived.

The sources further said that one the Emiraties’ commitments to Iran will coordinating and exchanging information with Houthis in Yemen, as UAE has control over the security of the south of Yemen.

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The Iranian Navy’s 60th flotilla, comprising of ‘Bayandor’ destroyer, Bushehr logistic warship, and Lavan warship, has just returned home after 52 days of a voyage in international waters. The flotilla’s mission included visits to Sri Lanka and Sultan Qaboos port, the largest port in Muscat, Oman, for a four-day stay.

According to reports on Friday, Iran’s 60th flotilla conducted a successful operation in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, thwarting a pirate attack on one of the country’s oil tankers.

The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.

According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.

The Gulf of Aden – which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea – is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.

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