"The public show of solidarity came after a successful Saudi-backed offensive to drive the STC out of parts of southern and eastern Yemen that it had seized towards the end of last year. The confrontations exposed heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a top ally that the Saudi authorities have accused of backing the STC. The group had taken over the provinces of Hadramout, on the border with Saudi Arabia, and al-Mahra,"
"After weeks of Saudi-led efforts to de-escalate, Yemeni government forces, backed by the Gulf country, launched an attack on the STC, forcing the separatists out of Hadramout, the presidential palace in Aden and military camps in al-Mahra. On Friday, an STC delegation that travelled to Riyadh for talks had announced the dissolution of the group in an apparent admission of defeat. Secretary-General Abdulrahman Jalal al-Sebaihi said the group would shut down all of its bodies and offices inside and outside of Yemen, citing"
Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in Aden to support the Southern Transitional Council, waving the former South Yemen flag and chanting against Saudi Arabia and the internationally backed Yemeni government. Protesters from southern provinces demanded an independent state. A Saudi-backed offensive recaptured parts of southern and eastern Yemen that the STC had seized late last year. The confrontations revealed heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which Saudi authorities accuse of backing the STC. Yemeni government forces, backed by Saudi Arabia, expelled separatists from Hadramout, the Aden presidential palace and military camps in al-Mahra. The STC announced plans to dissolve and faces internal divisions while its leader remains in exile.
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