For the second day in a row, residents of Socotra are holding a protest, demanding that the international and regional community reopen the island's airport and lift the blockade imposed on it. - AIC
Yemen: US airstrike targets senior al-Qaeda leader
The Saudi Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia hopes that the public interest will prevail, with the Southern Transitional Council taking the initiative to end the escalation and withdraw its forces from Hadramawt and Al-Mahra.
United Nations: We confirm that 10 of our staff members have been arbitrarily detained by the Houthis.
3 week agoThe UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council had sent several reassuring messages to the United States, primarily through the UAE, affirming its readiness to implement the US conditions related to "combating terrorism" and securing international shipping lanes within its area of control in the Arabian Sea and Bab al-Mandab
3 week agoThe Southern Transitional Council militias seize control of Nishtun port and end the presence of the Homeland Shield forces in Al-Mahra.
Southern Forces spokesman to Sky News Arabia: The Houthis are harboring al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in the areas they control.
1 month agoThe UAE denied any tensions with Saudi Arabia or that it supports southern secession, affirming its continued commitment to the peace plan. A Southern Transitional Council official stated: "We can confirm that Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes against our forces after they arrived at the 23rd Brigade in Al-Abr" (The Times of London).
A Southern Transitional Council official: We can confirm that Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes against our forces after they arrived at Brigade 23 in Al-Abr
1 month agoA source at Yemen Airways: Scheduled flights today, Thursday, at Seiyun Airport on the Cairo-Seiyun-Cairo route have been cancelled.
The Southern Transitional Council forces are partially withdrawing from oil-rich areas in Shabwa and Hadramawt, despite maintaining near-total control over the southern Yemeni governorates
A Saudi delegation arrived in Al-Khasha in Hadramout on Tuesday, accompanied by Governor Salem al-Khanbashi, for a meeting with tribal sheikhs and local leaders following several days of consultations in Mukalla
Sources told Al-Hadath that two leaders of the Al-Qaeda organization were killed in a US drone strike in Marib, Yemen.
The Guardian: The takeover of southern Yemen by UAE-backed forces could pave the way for a declaration of secession, as the "Southern Transitional Council" forces control all eight governorates, in a major setback for Saudi Arabia, the UAE's regional rival.
For the second day in a row, the open-ended popular sit-in continues in Al-Arood Square in the capital, Aden, demanding independence.
Reuters, quoting an official from Yemen's Southern Transitional Council: We did not ask the government to leave Aden.
1 month agoThe website of the Ministry of Transport, which is run by a minister from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, acknowledged the suspension of flights at Aden International Airport. The ministry apologized to passengers affected by the sudden disruption and affirmed that it was making significant efforts to resume flights within the next few hours.
Crowds of citizens demonstrated near the residence of the governor of Hadramawt in Mukalla, and the leadership of the Second Military Region intervened to listen to the protesters' demands.
Yemen: A correspondent reports that forces of the Southern Transitional Council have seized control of the "Mechanized 12" Brigade and the surrounding area of the Al-Uqla oil facility in Shabwa Governorate, in the south-central part of the country.
1 month agoSaudi Arabia withdrew its forces from the presidential palace in Aden, following heightened tensions with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC). The STC had rejected Saudi demands to withdraw from the Hadramawt and Al-Mahra governorates, which its forces seized late last week
Iraq’s presidency said on Friday that it had no role in a decision to classify Yemen’s Ansarullah and Lebanon’s Hezbollah as terrorist organizations and freeze their assets. The decision has sparked protests
UKMTO has received reports via email of an incident 15NM west of Yemen. A vessel reports sighting small craft at a range of 1-2 cables and they are under fire. Authorities are investigating. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO
1 month agoThe Yemeni Defense Minister returned to Aden after three days in Cairo, during which UAE-backed forces seized control of Wadi Hadramawt and raised their flags in eastern Yemen
The Iraqi government has designated numerous groups as terror organizations, including Lebanese Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen. The designation includes freezing funds of these groups
1 month agoHadhramaut. Transitional forces seize control of Seiyun without resistance.
Yemen Monitor correspondent: Southern Transitional Council Israeli security forces seized the presidential palace in Seiyun. There are casualties in the ongoing clashes in Seiyun between government forces and Southern Transitional Council forces.
UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council forces seize control of Seiyun International Airport after capturing military checkpoints surrounding the city. Hadramawt
Southern forces seize Al-Suwayri checkpoint in Tarim as part of Operation "Promising Future" in Wadi Hadramawt
1 month agoSouthern forces raise the South Yemeni flag at the Shuhuh checkpoint, which was previously controlled by the First Military Region forces.
1 month agoU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, effective immediately, they have halted immigration and naturalization processes for individuals originating from nineteen countries, with these including: Afghanistan, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Yemen
