US EditionUAE-backed separatists tighten grip over southern Yemen, and airspace is briefly closed
The Southern Transitional Council seized key oil fields, airports, and presidential palaces, briefly closing Yemen's airspace and straining the Saudi-led coalition, analysts say.
- Earlier this month, the Southern Transitional Council expanded control over Yemen's south, seizing Seiyun and nearby oil and energy installations while deploying forces across Wadi Hadramout and advancing into Mahra province.
- The Southern Transitional Council, backed by the United Arab Emirates, said its advances target Iran-backed Houthis, al-Qaida and the Islamic State while analysts link the moves to expanding UAE influence.
- Yemen's airspace was briefly closed on Monday after the Saudi-led coalition withheld flight permissions, halting flights to and from Aden and stranding hundreds of passengers before operations resumed.
- Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of the Presidential Council, on Sunday called for Emirati-backed forces to withdraw, warning such moves could 'undermine the legal status of the state,' while analysts say the STC's gains shift Yemen's balance of power favoring the UAE.
- STC supporters hoisted the South Yemen flag over government buildings and staged pro-independence demonstrations in Aden and Khor Maksar on Monday, while observers say Hadhramaut Valley has become a `platform for smuggling operations` and `hotbeds` for militants.
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