The internationally recognised government of Yemen, known as the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), says its forces have recaptured two strategic southern provinces, reversing a month-long takeover by the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC). In early December 2025, the STC, a UAE-backed secessionist force, seized the two oil-rich provinces of Hadramout and al-Mahra, which border Saudi […]
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After STC hubris, dream of South Yemen looks further away | Conflict News
Landing at Aden International Airport on a trip in late 2017, the plane had two flags visible as it moved along the tarmac. One was the flag of the former South Yemen, resurrected as a symbol of Yemen’s secessionist southern movement. The other was of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the movement’s primary backer. Passing […]
Saudi-Led Strike in Yemen Signals Worsening Rift With U.A.E.
new video loaded: Saudi-Led Strike in Yemen Signals Worsening Rift With U.A.E. A Saudi-led coalition said it had targeted an arms shipment in Yemen bound for a separatist group backed by the United Arab Emirates. The Emirates denied that the shipment included weapons. By Nader Ibrahim December 30, 2025 Source link
UAE to pull forces out of Yemen as tensions rise with Saudi Arabia | News
Move comes after Riyadh accused Abu Dhabi of backing separatists in Yemen and bombed what it said was a Emirati-weapons shipment in the port of Mukalla. The United Arab Emirates has announced the withdrawal of its forces from Yemen, declaring an end to what it called “counterterrorism” operations there, after Saudi Arabia accused Abu Dhabi […]