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Yemeni politicians and others meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss the situation in Yemen following the dissolution of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, January 18, 2026. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 18, 2026, 6:32 pm
Yemeni politicians meet in Riyadh after dissolution of UAE-backed separatist group
Aidarous al-Zubaidi, who led now-defunct Southern Transitional Council, does not attend but sends delegation; Saudi officials give assurances that STC officers will still get paid
By BARAA ANWER
Leader of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Aidarous al-Zubaidi during an interview with AFP at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, January 18, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
January 7, 2026, 12:23 pm
Yemen anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader as he faces treason charges
Southern Transitional Council chief Aidarous al-Zubaidi didn’t board plane to Saudi Arabia with other official for talks, now said to have ‘fled to an unknown location’
By AP
This photo taken on January 4, 2026, shows Saudi-backed forces deployed in the city of Mukalla in Yemen's coastal southern Hadramout province. (AFP)
January 4, 2026, 7:49 pm
Saudi-backed forces regain control of Yemen’s Hadramout from UAE-backed separatists
Residents in provincial capital Mukalla welcome National Shield Forces as they drive through streets in armored vehicles after days of airstrikes on Southern Transitional Council
By Ahmed al-Haj and FATMA KHALED
A Southern Yemen soldier of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) stands at a checkpoint in Aden, Yemen, December 31, 2025. (AP Photo)
December 31, 2025, 4:45 pm
Saudi Arabia needs to know UAE ‘serious’ about Yemen pullback – source
Source close to kingdom’s government says Riyadh adopting a ‘wait-and-see’ approach amid tensions between neighbors over their backing of opposing forces in war-torn Yemen
By AFP
Screengrab of a video showing the aftermath of Saudi Arabia's strikes on what it said was weapons shipments from the United Arab Emirates to Yemen's separatist forces, in the Yemeni port city Mukalla, December 30, 2025. (X)
December 30, 2025, 11:09 am
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port over separatist weapons shipment from UAE
No casualties reported in attack on Mukalla; Riyadh warns Abu Dhabi its actions in war-torn country are ‘extremely dangerous’
By AP and ToI Staff
Supporters of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a coalition of separatist groups seeking to restore the state of South Yemen, hold South Yemen flags and a poster of their leader, Aidarous al-Zubaidi during a rally, in Aden, Yemen, December 25, 2025. (AP)
December 27, 2025, 5:20 am
UAE-backed separatists accuse Saudis of striking forces in southern Yemen
Strikes come after Riyadh called on Southern Transitional Council to withdraw from areas it recently took over; Yemeni official: 15,000 Saudi-backed fighters massing near border
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Frame grab from video shows United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council separatist fighters as they prepare to storm the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, in August 2019. (AP)
December 8, 2025, 5:18 pm
United Arab Emirates-backed separatists tighten grip on southern Yemen
Airspace briefly closed in what Yemeni official says was ‘Saudi message’ to Southern Transitional Council, whose UAE-supported fighters took over large oil-rich region
By Ahmed al-Haj and Samy Magdy
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