Speaking from a Muscat hotel, Fadi Hassan Barhom, head of the Revolutionary Movement for the South,
describes the STC as “‘the tool of the UAE”.
“We are worried the south will become a theatre for bloodshed and the battleground for the Gulf’s and for
everyone else’s interests,” he says.
Back in Mahra, that concern is repeated by the tribesmen who watch with growing alarm grainy footage of
the deadly clashes in Aden on TV.
“We are keeping an eye on Aden, we are watching the reaction from the Yemenis,” Huraizi says, nodding at
the screen. “We know the battle will come here. And we are ready for it.”