Saudi-Emirati Occupation deepens crises in Southern and Eastern Governorates

Saba Yemen

15-07-2025

Sana'a – SABA
The southern and eastern governorates of Yemen, currently under Saudi-Emirati occupation, are facing catastrophic conditions marked by escalating crises, widespread chaos, security collapse, and total economic disintegration. These conditions are the result of a systematic project executed by the coalition forces through rival mercenary factions under their control and funding.
The suffering affects every aspect of life. The security, economic, and living conditions have turned into a nightmare for residents due to the absence of state authority, lack of stability, and the takeover of state institutions by coalition-backed militias, which engage in assassinations, abductions, and executions as part of foreign agendas.
The economic capital, Aden—once the first city in the Arabian Peninsula to have electricity in the 1920s—is now experiencing one of the worst crises in its history. Power outages exceed 20 hours per day, basic services are nearly non-existent, and infrastructure continues to deteriorate, rendering life unbearable, especially with soaring temperatures.
As the Saudi-Emirati coalition tightens its grip and the so-called 'hotel government' remains absent, the population suffers from worsening services and a record collapse of the local currency. The exchange rate has surpassed 2,800 riyals per U.S. dollar and 760 riyals per Saudi riyal. This reveals a deliberate policy by the coalition to humiliate the population and plunder the country's wealth.
Factional infighting among coalition proxies has fueled lawlessness and insecurity. Daily occurrences of murder, armed robbery, assassinations, and arbitrary arrests are now the norm, enforced as a reality on the ground by the occupying forces. This demands a unified stance from the free people of these regions to resist and expel the foreign occupiers and their collaborators.
Despite systematic repression by coalition-affiliated militias against any popular movement rejecting foreign domination and division plans, recent months have seen widespread protests across the occupied regions. Among them were prominent women's demonstrations in Aden, which were met with violent crackdowns and arrests by militias loyal to the so-called Southern Transitional Council.
Observers affirm that the current chaos, assassinations, and protests are the inevitable consequence of Saudi-Emirati policies aimed at tearing apart the social fabric, entrenching dependency, and advancing a colonial agenda centered on controlling islands, ports, and vital natural resources.
In light of this deteriorating situation and the ongoing humiliation, starvation, and repression of people in the occupied territories, there is an urgent need for a united national stance that does not compromise on dignity and sovereignty—especially now that the true ambitions of Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been fully exposed in their relentless pursuit to dominate Yemen's wealth and decision-making, either directly or through their proxy forces of subservience and betrayal.
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