"The Director General of the Youth Office for al-Mahra governorate, Mohammed Omar Suwailam, also told the Anadolu news agency on Sunday that Homeland Shield forces have taken control of all nine districts of the governorate following the withdrawal of STC forces. Since Tuesday, Yemen has seen an unprecedented escalation in tensions after STC forces took control of Hadramout and al-Mahra in early December the two provinces make up nearly half of Yemen's territory and share a border with Saudi Arabia."
"According to Al Jazeera's Yemen affairs editor, Ahmed al-Shalafi, major shifts have occurred in Yemen's political and military landscape over the past day. The Yemeni army and the Homeland Shield forces were able to enter the battlefield and interfere militarily to resolve the conflict on the ground, he said. The political action came second, when the Yemeni government invited the Southern Transitional Council for a conference in Saudi Arabia, al-Shalafi"
Saudi-backed Homeland Shield forces and Yemeni government troops have retaken a series of provinces from the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC). The Presidential Leadership Council said Homeland Shield achieved record success reclaiming all military and security positions in the province bordering Saudi Arabia after a rapid operation. The government announced control of Mukalla, the key port and Hadramout capital, and authorities reported that all nine districts of al-Mahra fell following STC withdrawals. The escalation followed STC seizures of Hadramout and al-Mahra in early December, provinces that form nearly half of Yemen's territory and border Saudi Arabia. Al Jazeera's Yemen affairs editor reported major political and military shifts, noting that the Yemeni army and Homeland Shield entered the battlefield and that the government invited the STC to a conference in Saudi Arabia.
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