 Thereupon, Yemen's Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr spoke of a "coup" and asked Saudi Arabia for military support.President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi ordered his forces to cease fire immediately after fierce clashes with southern separatists broke out in Aden.On 29 January President of the STC Aidarus al-Zoubaidi announced the state of emergency in Aden and that "the STC has begun the process of overthrowing Hadi’s rule over the South".