Saudi Coalition Says Separatist Leader Fled Yemen With UAE Help, Advances to Aden
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Category: WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
Summary:
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen accused the United Arab Emirates of helping separatist leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi escape the country by boat amid escalating tensions between the Gulf allies. Zubaidi, head of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, left Yemen for Somaliland, then flew to Mogadishu before arriving at a military airport in Abu Dhabi. Saudi-backed forces are advancing toward the port of Aden, which separatists had recently seized, prompting Riyadh to view the situation as a national security threat. Somalia has launched an investigation into the use of its airports for transporting Zubaidi, while no immediate comment came from the UAE or the Southern Transitional Council.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: Psalm 2:1-3
"Why are the nations in an uproar, And the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed: 'Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!'"
Commentary:
Power struggles between nations often stir instability that is felt most immediately by those living in harm’s way. This situation exposes just how fragile alliances can be when interests and loyalties are tested. Watching leaders moving between countries and accusations flying, it’s clear no earthly alliance is truly secure. Scripture shows us that shifting national interests and fractured coalitions mirror the unrest that marks prophetic patterns of the last days. Even far from covenant land, these geopolitical shifts highlight the turbulence Scripture tells us to expect as nations seek their own paths.
Prophetic Trend:
Shifting alliances and unrest among regional powers reflect a prophetic pattern of instability and ambition described in Scripture.
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Source Excerpt:
Soldiers gather outside the headquarters of the Southern Transitional Council in Aden, Yemen, Jan. 8, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Fawaz Salman The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates had spirited a separatist leader out of the country by boat in a dramatic twist to a rift between the Gulf powers, as Saudi-backed forces advanced to the port of Aden after losing ground there. The escape of Aidarous al-Zubaidi, head of a UAE-backed southern separatist group, could exacerbate tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, global oil heavyweights and both close allies of the United States. The Saudi assertion that the UAE helped him escape raises the stakes in a crisis that erupted last month when the separatists swept through southern Yemen, including Aden, advancing within reach of the border with Saudi Arabia. Riyadh declared the move a threat to its national security. The Saudi-led coalition said Zubaidi had left Yemen for Somaliland, before boarding an aircraft to Mogadishu that was later tracked to a military airport in Abu Dhabi. Somalia said it had launched an investigation to determine whether its airports were used to transport a “political fugitiv...
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Source: Algemeiner
Posted on 01-08-2026 12:19