Yemen separatists accuse Saudi Arabia of launching airstrikes against their forces

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JON GAMBRELL and AHMED AL-HAJ
Updated 6:45 AM CST, December 26, 2025
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ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Separatists in southern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Friday of targeting their forces with airstrikes, something not immediately acknowledged by the kingdom after it warned the forces to withdraw from governorates they recently took over.

The Southern Transitional Council, backed by the United Arab Emirates, said the strikes happened in Yemen’s Hadramout governorate. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any casualties from the strikes that further raise tensions in the war-torn nation and put at risk a fragile Saudi-led coalition that has been battling the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the country’s north for a decade.

Amr Al Bidh, a foreign affairs special representative for the Council, said in a statement to The Associated Press that its fighters had been operating in eastern Hadramout on Friday after facing “multiple ambushes” from gunmen. Those attacks killed two fighters with the Council and wounded 12 others, Al Bidh said.

The Saudi airstrikes happened after that, he added.



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[Igel]

1. Tough call.

Don't like the separatists, but they've been giving the Houthis a hard time.

Yemen was divided for years, maybe that was a good, workable solution to problems that appeared to be political but which were ethnic (to the extent the ethnic isn't also played out in terms of power).