President Commander Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, for the victims of the terrorist bombing in Taksim area in central Istanbul yesterday evening.

In the cable of condolences, the President expressed his sincere condolences and great sympathy to His Excellency President Erdogan, families of the victims, and all the brotherly Turkish people, in this painful affliction.

President Al-Zubaidi affirmed his condemnation and the people of the south's condemnation of this criminal act, and their full solidarity with the Turkish Republic and its brotherly people.

 President Al-Zubaidi prayed to the Almighty to have mercy and forgiveness for those who perished in this criminal act, to dwell in vast paradise, and to give the Turkish leadership and its brotherly people patience and solace, and to wish the injured a speedy recovery.