Airstrikes launched by Saudi Arabia in Yemen during the month of January that targeted the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) killed at least 13 civilians, according to the Yemen Data Project. The worst case of civilian deaths recorded by the YDP was a...
State Department Approves $12 Billion in Arms Sales for Saudi Arabia in Less Than a Week
The State Department on Tuesday approved a potential $3 billion F-15 fighter jet sustainment deal for Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration is fulfilling its pledge to sell Riyadh a large number of weapons. The latest deal came less than a week after the State...
Five Killed, Three Wounded in South Yemen Car Bombing
Giants Brigades commander Hamdi Shoukri survived an assassination attempt in the southern Yemeni city of Aden today, when a car bomb targeted his motorcade as he was traveling through the northern part of the city. Security forces in the area reported that five people...
Saudis Keen To Oust UAE From Position of Regional Influence
The fighting in South Yemen in early January reflected a big rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While the two nations jointly invaded Yemen a decade and a half ago, they’ve both aligned with different factions, and those factions have been...
Saudis Join Israel, US and UK in Resuming 2025 Strikes on Yemen
Information on the strikes comes from the Yemen Data Project 2025 marked the deadliest year in awhile for Yemen, with heavy air campaigns from the US and UK, along with high casualties strikes from Israel being joined by Saudi Arabia in December, which hadn’t carried...
Yemen’s Separatists Rule Out Call to Integrate Into Saudi-Led Government
While the Saudis and their allies in the self-proclaimed Yemeni “government” are treating the disputed dissolution of the separatist STC as a fait accompli, the reality of the situation continues to elude their diktats, and STC officials are rejecting calls for their...
Delegation to Riyadh Still Missing, STC Denies Saudi Claim They’ve Disbanded
In an increasingly awkward and alarming situation, Saudi Arabia announced over the weekend that the STC, the South Yemen separatist movement, has disbanded. Saudi state media showed footage of a member of the STC’s negotiating delegation announce the dissolution of...
Yemen Separatist Leader Flees to UAE; Saudis Declares Him a ‘Fugitive’
Adding to questions about the situation in southern Yemen, STC President Aidarous Zubaidi has reportedly fled the country and arrived in the United Arab Emirates. The Saudi military accused the UAE of smuggling him out of the country by way of Somaliland. The...
Saudis Launch New Strikes on South Yemen as Separatist Delegation ‘Disappears’ in Riyadh
Fighting between UAE-backed separatists and Saudi-backed forces in Southern Yemen seem to be further escalating today, with Saudi-brokered peace talks seemingly in ruins and Saudi forces carrying out heavy airstrikes against the separatist STC’s positions. Indications...
At Least 80 Separatists Killed as Saudi-Backed Forces Retake South Yemen Cities
The situation in southern Yemen seems to be coming to a head once again, with the Saudi-backed “National Resistance Forces” entering into direct conflict with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group that controls an ever-growing amount...


