Yemen’s main southern separatist group has claimed broad control of the southern part of the country, marking a major shift in power for the area.
Amr al-Bidh, a senior official of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), told the Reuters news agency on Monday that the group had extended its presence in all southern provinces—including the port of Aden, the base of the internationally-recognized government over the past decade—following a military operation codenamed “Promising Future” launched last week.
The STC’s advance marks a major shift in control in southern Yemen. The group seeks greater autonomy for the south, which was an independent state until unification with the north in 1990.
The STC, which has been backed in the past by the United Arab Emirates during Yemen’s decade-old civil war, has clashed with other groups in the Saudi-backed government, which relocated to Aden after the Iran-aligned Houthis captured the capital Sanaa in 2014.
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Yemeni Separatist Group Claims Broad Control of South
12/08/2025
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