DID Press: Israeli media report new developments involving Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC), a UAE-backed separatist group. Officials from the council told Israel’s Radio and Television that they hope to become the second entity formally recognized by Israel, following Somaliland.
In recent months, the STC has gained control over parts of southeastern Yemen—a move reportedly guided and supported by Tel Aviv—which has fueled covert tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Southern Yemen has been divided in recent years between two competing factions: the Saudi-backed Yemeni government-in-exile and the UAE-supported Southern Transitional Council.