The Council of Ministers said it holds the UAE fully responsible for the armed rebellion ofthe SouthernTransitional Council (STC) and its aftermaths.

Yemen's government has blamed the United Arab Emirates, an Arab Coalition member, for veering off from the course of supporting the Yemeni government to supporting southern armed separatists who captured the country's temporary capital, Aden, on August 11 and Abyan province to its north today.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has hailed King Salman bin Abdulziz, his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Saudi-led Arab Coalition for demanding the Southern Transitional Council rebels to withdraw from the temporary capital Aden which they seized on August 11.

Yemen's Prime Minister said, "For all the complexities, the government won't hang back in servicing all Yemenis, out of its sense of historical responsibility."

Yemen's Prime Minister said the decisive joint battle of his government and the Arab Coalition is against the Iranian agenda in the country.

The Ministry of Interior has announced suspension of its work in the ministry and authorities of migration and passports and civil status in the transitional capital Aden from Saturday August 17 until further notice.