Saudi invites Yemen’s southern factions to ‘dialogue’ in Riyadh after surprise independence bid
Southern Transitional Council wants to form a breakaway state, which would split the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest state in two Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has called for Yemen’s southern factions to attend a “dialogue” in Riyadh, after a surprise independence bid and the United Arab Emirates declaring it had withdrawn all troops from Yemen. In a statement on Saturday, the Saudi ministry urged “a comprehensive conference in Riyadh to bring together all southern factions to discuss just solutions to the southern cause”. Riyadh said the Yemeni government had issued the invitation for talks. Continue reading...
Strikes on Southern Transitional Council in eastern Yemen first fatal coalition attack on group since it seized swathes of Hadramawt and Mahra
Saudi warplanes targeted separatist fighters in Yemen, killing at least seven in a counterattack against a sweeping advance by the UAE-backed Southern Transition Council.
The deaths are the first from coalition fire since the secessionist STC seized swathes of Hadramawt and Mahra provinces last month.
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