STC - Islamic World News

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.

A major assault by al-Qaeda militants targeted the 1st Logistics Support Brigade base of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in al-Mahfad district, Abyan province. The attack left four STC fighters dead and 14 wounded. Parts of the base and the local government building were also damaged.

Armed forces affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) have launched a security operation aimed at curbing the influence of al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s Abyan province. As part of the campaign, the districts of Mudiyah and Ja’ar have been placed under siege.

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) has approved a proposal to reopen the Dhale-Sanaa road in order to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Dhale province and improve the movement of Yemeni civilians.

As a result of recent attacks by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militants on the Ansar Allah movement’s positions in the Al-Fakhir and Al-Krash fronts, some STC militants were killed and wounded.

Unidentified militants embarked on rocket attacks on a military base of the Shabwa Defense Forces in the town of Al-Musannah located in As-Said district of the Shabwah Governorate in Yemen.

The reappearance of terrorism and bombings in Yemen can be considered as an important and influential incident, especially in the southern areas of the Arab country. These sorts of attacks, which are known as the method of fighting by terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and their like-minded cults, can sometimes inflict deadly blows upon the other sides.

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces withdrew from some of their positions in Al-Buraiqeh district as well as the Presidential Palace in Aden city towards Al-Sulban military base and Ba Tays village in Abyan Governorate.

As a result of an IED attack on a vehicle carrying the field commanders of Southern Transitional Council in the Al-Baqira area, in the east of Mudiyah district, three STC commanders were killed: Saddam Al-Saadi, the commander of the 3rd brigade battalion, Aref Nasser Makani, the head of the Baqira Center in the Transitional Council, […]

Al-Qaeda terrorists have launched heavy strikes on the positions of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militants in the Wadi Omran area in the Mudiya village and Wadi Al-Khayala in Al-Mahfad district in Abyan governorate located in southern Yemen since Saturday morning.

The Yemeni city of Aden has entered another period of insecurity and armed clashes between militant groups and some power-mongering commanders since Friday evening.