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.
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.
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 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.
Following a tribal council meeting in the Al-Aleeb area of the Hadhramaut plateau, the Hadhramaut Tribal Council issued a statement placing the Hadhramaut Protection Forces on high alert and granting them full authority to take immediate and preemptive action against any external forces entering the province.
The battlefronts in the provinces of Ma’rib, Al-Jawf, and the southern regions remain under ceasefire between Yemeni armed forces and Saudi-led coalition forces. However, tensions persist in occupied areas of Yemen between factions aligned with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, including the Islah Party, Tariq Saleh’s forces, and other armed groups.
Saudi Arabia has resorted to new measures in the oil-rich Hadhramaut Governorate to counter the increasing influence of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militants and prevent them from controlling the oil fields in this eastern governorate.
The US Marine occupying forces were stationed in the town of al-Ghurfa in the western suburbs of the city of Seiyun in Hadhramaut province. They have also taken control of the main streets and roads of this area and have deployed their military vehicles in them. According to Ansar Allah officials, the Americans have been […]
Local sources in the Hadhramaut Governorate, eastern Yemen, reported that they observed presence of British Special Forces in the Al-Sheen farms in Ghayl Bawazir town.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Saudi Arabia has ordered the eviction of the STC militants from the north of Hadhramaut and the deployment of al-Dara al-Watan militants in that region.
Local sources reported the large-scale deployment of Al-Qaeda terrorist militants in the city of Seiyun. According to this report, a large number of Al-Qaeda members have been transferred from the city of Marib to Wadi Al-Ain and Al-Qatn in order to strengthen the positions of the Reform Party (Islah Party) in Hadhramaut province. It should […]
