Yemen’s Main Separatist Group Denies It Is Disbanding
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Category: WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
Summary:
Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC), a UAE-backed separatist group, denied reports that it was disbanding, contradicting an announcement made by one of its members. The group said the statement was issued under coercion during an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh and that some of its members had been detained and forced to make declarations. The STC had seized parts of southern and eastern Yemen in December, intensifying tensions between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, former coalition partners in Yemen’s civil war. While Saudi-backed forces reclaimed much of the territory, the STC called for mass protests in southern cities, despite a ban on demonstrations in Aden ordered by authorities aligned with the Saudi-backed government.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: Isaiah 19:2
""So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians; and they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.""
Commentary:
Fractures among alliances in the region highlight how vulnerable loyalties can be when pressures mount. One part of the group claims dissolution while another resists, exposing deep divides. For people in Yemen, these power struggles mean more uncertainty and hardship felt at street level. Strife between allies and rival factions points to the kind of instability biblical prophecy identifies as characteristic in turbulent times. Patterns of shifting alliances in the Middle East align with ancient warnings about kingdom contending against kingdom.
Prophetic Trend:
Regional separatism and shifting alliances in Yemen mirror the instability the prophets described as marking periods of heightened unrest.
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Source Excerpt:
FILE PHOTO: A soldier stands guard outside the headquarters of the Southern Transitional Council in Aden, Yemen January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo Yemen’s main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, denied on Saturday it was disbanding, contradicting a statement by one of its members that the group had decided to dissolve itself. The conflicting statements highlight a split in the STC, a group backed by the United Arab Emirates that seized parts of southern and eastern Yemen in December in advances that heightened tensions with another Gulf power, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia and the UAE used to work together in a coalition battling Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen’s civil war but the STC advances exposed their rivalry, bringing into focus big differences on a wide range of issues across the Middle East ranging from geopolitics to oil output. Saudi-backed fighters have largely retaken the areas of southern and eastern Yemen that the STC seized, and an STC delegation has traveled to the Saudi capital Riyadh for talks. But STC leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi skipped the planned meetings and fled Yemen on Wednesday, and the Saudi-led coalition accused the UAE of helpi...
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Source: Algemeiner
Posted on 01-10-2026 09:20