US EditionYemen's main separatist group denies disbanding
STC officials reject reports of dissolution, citing detention and phone confiscation of delegates in Riyadh amid power loss in southern Yemen, including Aden, over the past week.
- On Friday, the Southern Transitional Council dismissed the Riyadh declaration that it had been dissolved, with spokesperson Anwar Al-Tamimi saying `The decisions relating to the Southern Transitional Council cannot be taken except by the Council in its entirety...`
- Around 50 senior STC figures flew to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for talks after weeks of clashes confined southern separatist forces to Aden and December seizures in Hadramout and al-Mahra.
- Contact with the Riyadh delegation was lost after arrival, with STC delegates allegedly led onto a black bus and their phones appearing switched off or confiscated.
- Saudi-Backed forces entered the Aden governorate on Wednesday, with the Giants Brigades seizing the city and Saudi defence minister Khalid bin Salman Al Saud praising Riyadh-based STC figures and announcing curfew lifts.
- The STC called for Saturday protests in Aden and Mukalla to back its leadership, as Mohamed Alsahimi denied the group was disbanded despite Aidarous al-Zubaidi leaving Aden for the UAE on Thursday.
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Yemen's main separatist group denies disbanding
CAIRO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, denied on Saturday it was disbanding, according to a statement posted on X.The statement comes amid conflicting remarks by members on the UAE-backed group's fate, reflecting a feud between Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that was blown into the open by a separatist advance last month. (Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Jaidaa Taha. …
South Yemen separatists call foul as STC ’announce dissolution’
Members of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), which seeks an independent state for southern Yemen, have dismissed a declaration by their colleagues in Riyadh who announced on Friday that the body had been dissolved. Senior STC figures told The New Arab they consider the statement made by a delegation sent to Saudi Arabia for talks with the Riyadh-backed Yemeni government to have been made under duress, and view the declaration of the STC's…
A Yemeni separatist delegation in Riyadh said their group was suspending operations on Friday after a failed land grab, but its spokesman denied the statement.
"Independence or death": Separatists in southern Yemen refuse to surrender - Walla News
Sana ' a: A statement published on the X platform that the Southern Transitional Council, the main separatist group in Yemen, was denied its dissolution on Saturday. This statement comes amid conflicting statements by members about the fate of the group supported by the Emirates, whose dispute with Saudi Arabia is exacerbated by the progress made by the separatists last month. (Rotters)
The Southern Transitional Council, Yemen’s most important separatist group, denied on Monday that it was disbanding, as it said in a post on the social networking platform X. The announcement came after mixed reports from its members about its fate, reflecting a dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Southern Transitional Council is supported by the United Arab Emirates. Source: ΑΠΕ – ΜΠΕ www.ertnews.gr
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