FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Yemen's UAE-backed southern separatists march during a rally in the port city in Aden, Yemen August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo
ADEN (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen acted on Monday to work out a ceasefire with its nominal allies in the south of the country who turned on each other in a power struggle, fracturing the military alliance.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the main powers in Yemen's Sunni Muslim coalition, have formed a joint committee to oversee a truce between UAE-backed southern separatists and Saudi-backed government forces in the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa, a joint statement carried on state media said.
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