The United States has stressed the need to preserve security and stability in Yemen’s eastern Hadramawt province as tensions escalate between local political and tribal factions. In a statement on Sunday, U.S. Ambassador Steven Fagin reiterated Washington’s support for a stab...
Aidarous al-Zubaidi, a member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council and leader of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), has ordered the immediate suspension of Abdurabbu al-Mahwaly, the Deputy Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training. This action followed serious allegat...
Security checkpoints operated by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) are reportedly preventing travelers originating from Taiz from entering the key southern port city of Aden. According to local sources, the restrictions began on Saturday morning in the al-Farsha area of Tur al-Bahah distric...
Southern Transitional Council (STC) security forces reported Thursday the interception of two international vessels that entered Yemeni territorial waters off the coast of Ahwar district in Abyan province. A joint unit from the Coastal Belt and Coast Guard detected the vessels six nautical miles o...
Amid escalating tensions in eastern Yemen and growing calls for self-rule, Hadhramaut’s Security Committee has issued a strong warning against any recruitment activities conducted outside the official frameworks of the Ministries of Defense and Interior. This statement is widely interpreted ...
Two human rights organizations have strongly denounced the degrading treatment of Humam Al-Yafei’s body, which was displayed publicly atop a military vehicle in Jaar following a joint security operation in Shabwa governorate. The American Center for Justice (ACJ) and the Sam Organization for...
A significant tribal gathering convened on Saturday in the eastern Yemeni governorate of Hadhramaut, where the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance called for autonomous governance. Tribal leaders present at the assembly urged both regional and international actors, with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia, ...
Aidarus Al-Zubaidi, a member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council and chairman of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), has initiated the formation of the "Council of Southern Arab Sheikhs" by establishing a 23-member preparatory committee. According to STC media, the com...
The Vice President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Aidarous al-Zubaidi, inspected on Sunday the progress of the King Salman Medical and Educational City project in Al-Mahra Governorate. The city, spanning one million square meters, is one of the largest projects undertaken by the Saudi Dev...
Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and member of the Presidential Leadership Council, acknowledged significant economic challenges during an expanded meeting with STC leadership on Sunday. According to STC website, Al-Zubaidi conceded that economic hards...
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) has placed blame on the Yemeni government and the Presidential Leadership Council for the ongoing collapse of essential services in Aden. The STC has controlled the city, the temporary capital, since 2019. During a National Assembly meeting, the STC...
SHABWA, Yemen — On January 8, 2024, local residents of Marakhah Al-Sufla in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen, closed the office of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in a protest against the council's communication team, led by Sheikh Rajeh Bakrit, for not visiting their district duri...
LAHJ, Yemen — On January 3, 2024, local sources reported that four individuals accompanying Nasser Al-Khubji, the head of negotiation affairs for the Southern Transitional Council, were injured in a traffic accident in the Radhfan area of Lahj Province, southern Yemen. According to Barran...
On December 31, 2024, security sources in Aden, Yemen's temporary capital, reported that forces aligned with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) seized a checkpoint belonging to the Presidential Guard near the Maashiq Palace, the base of the internationally recognized Yemeni government. ...
On December 21, 2024, security sources in Abyan province, southern Yemen, reported a significant victory as joint security and military forces, aligned with the Southern Transitional Council, successfully seized an Al-Qaeda camp in the region. According to a statement from the Abyan Security Di...
On December 11, 2024, security sources reported that one soldier was killed and two others injured in a hit-and-run incident involving a military ambulance at a security checkpoint operated by the Southern Transitional Council in the Al-Musaymir district, northern Lahij province, southern Yemen. ...
Thousands of residents from Radfan in Lahj province, southern Yemen, gathered on Saturday, December 7, 2024, to mourn a young man who was killed under mysterious circumstances two years ago. The family of Majid Rashda Al-Radfani accuses a military leader affiliated with the Southern Transitional C...
On Monday, December 2, 2024, local sources reported that groups affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) stormed a youth event in Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout province in southeastern Yemen. According to witnesses speaking to Barran Press, described as "thugs," the...
On Sunday, December 1, 2024, local sources in Abyan province, southern Yemen, reported injuries resulting from an explosion that targeted a military vehicle in the Modya district. According to a source speaking to Barran Press, a powerful blast shook the Modya district, specifically in the vill...
On Sunday, December 1, 2024, the Southern Teachers' Union announced the commencement of a strike in all schools across Aden, southern Yemen, starting Monday, due to delays in teacher salaries. The newly established union, affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council, stated that the de...