Forces aligned with Saudi Arabia in the Second Military Region and Abyan province have announced their separation from the ousted government and joined the Southern Transitional Council.
After clashes subsided in Hadhramaut and Shabwa provinces, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) shifted its operations to Abyan province, aiming to clear areas under al‑Qaeda influence. Movements by southern fighters in Mudiyah and al‑Mahfad are expected to begin soon.
Following a warning message from Saudi authorities to the Southern Transitional Council and the flight of Saudi army Apache helicopters over the northern desert of Hadhramaut province, southern fighters pulled back from the al‑Abr–Khasha road and the al‑Khasha area, handing these positions over to Al‑Dara‘ al‑Watan forces.
Following recent developments in eastern Yemen and the advance of the Southern Transitional Council toward northern Hadhramaut, the Saudi government has halted operations at the Al‑Wadi‘ah border crossing between Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen.
American drones carried out a strike in Marib province, killing two senior figures of the al‑Qaeda terrorist organization. On the evening of Monday, December 8, U.S. military drones targeted a motorcycle near a farm in the al‑Hadhun area, northeast of Marib city. The attack killed Abu Ubaidah al‑Hadhrami, a field commander of al‑Qaeda, and Anis […]
Following the advances of Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters in Hadramaut province, the positions of the Islah Party in Shabwa have also been weakened. A convoy of Shabwa Defense Forces succeeded in taking control of the al‑Aqla oil facilities. After capturing the field, Shabwa Defense Forces established checkpoints around it.
According to the latest reports on the movements of Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters in Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra provinces in eastern Yemen, political authority in these regions remains formally under the governors of the ousted government, yet southern forces are seizing key sites including airports and border crossings.
Yemeni officials, responding to a request from Oman, have released 10 crew members of the Eternity C vessel. Following their release, the Filipino crew were flown from Sanaa Airport to Muscat aboard an Omani aircraft.
After a period of tension and power struggles between Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters, Hadhramaut tribes, and Islah Party elements, the southerners—backed by the UAE—launched an operation yesterday under the name “Promising Future” to seize northern areas of Hadhramaut province. They marched toward Seiyun and swiftly took control of all military bases in Wadi Hadhramaut and key sites including Seiyun, the provincial capital, with minimal resistance.
In a recent meeting of the international coalition—comprising the European Union, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—chaired by Abdu Sharif, the British ambassador to Yemen, the establishment of the Yemen Maritime Security Partnership (YMSP) was announced.
In response to a request for support from Hadhramaut tribes during a recent meeting in the Al-Aleeb area, Saudi Arabia dispatched a large convoy of Al-Dara’ Al-Watan forces, consisting of 200 military vehicles, to the city of Seiyun in northern Hadhramaut province.
A U.S. drone strike on a motorcycle in the outskirts of Marib resulted in the deaths of two al-Qaeda members.
