Separatists Claim Broad Control of Southern Yemen
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Category: WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
Summary:
Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) announced it has gained broad control over southern Yemen, including the port city of Aden, a longtime base of the Saudi-backed government. Senior officials from other groups reportedly left Aden following the STC’s military operation “Promising Future,” which extended the council’s presence across all southern provinces. The STC controls key areas such as Hadramout and Al-Mahra and reportedly took over Perim Island in the Mandeb Strait as Saudi-backed forces withdrew. The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council criticized the STC’s actions as undermining the internationally recognized government and violating power-sharing agreements.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: James 3:16
"For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing."
Commentary:
When power shifts quickly from one group to another, the fallout is rarely tidy—cities empty out, deals unravel, and people have to pick sides overnight. Military advances fueled by ambition can breed chaos long before any new order is established. It’s a pattern visible again in this region: control is taken, agreements are sidelined, and ordinary people bear the brunt. Scripture describes seasons like this as part of broader, unsettled movements among the nations in the last days.
Trend:
Rapid realignments and military maneuvers signal deepening volatility and a growing pattern of unsettled rule among nations.
Tags: Conflict, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Southern Transitional Council, Attack, Military Escalation, Algemeiner
Source Excerpt:
Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Yemen’s main southern separatist group claimed broad control across the south of the country on Monday, including in the port city of Aden which has served as the base of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government for a decade. In an apparent major shift in power, the Southern Transitional Council said senior figures from other groups had left Aden, including the head of the eight-member body that acts in place of a president, and the prime minister. 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 Houthi movement, an internationally designated terrorist group, captured the capital Sanaa in 2014. Since 2022, the STC has served in an administration that controls southern areas outside the grip of the Houthis, under a Saudi-backed power-sharing initiative. OPERATION ‘PROMISING FUTURE’ Senior STC official Amr al-Bidh told Reuters on Monday that the group had extended its presence in all southern prov...
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Source: Algemeiner
Posted on 12-09-2025 00:19