Mukalla

This year, the Islamic holy month looks different for Mr. Yousef, 52, a social studies teacher in the coastal city of Al Mukalla.

The key airports his government controls are in Aden, Sayoun and Mukalla.

They say the first civilian flight in five years landed Wednesday at Al-Rayyan Airport in Mukalla in Hadramout province, about two months after UAE handed over the facility to Yemeni authorities.

Gunfire rang out Tuesday from the Central Prison of Mukalla, where more than 100 inmates had been transferred from a detention center run by the United Arab Emirates at the nearby Riyan airport.

The lingering instability in the port town of Mukalla raises questions about whether a truce would bring peace to the Arab world’s poorest country, AP reports.