Yemen's Southern Transitional Council and its institutions will be dismantled after weeks of unrest in southern areas and a day after its leader fled to the United Arab Emirates.
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Yemen's main southern separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council has announced it is to disband.
Yemen's Southern Transitional Council and its institutions are being dismantled, the group's secretary general has announced.
Yemen's Southern Transitional Council says it is dismantling a day after its leader fled to the UAE.
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The UAE hasn't yet responded to the accusation. The situation further escalates tensions between the neighboring nations on the Arabian Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia said Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi.
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Yemen is threatening to fracture even further, exposing a growing rift between Middle East powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The latest friction is among members of the Saudi-led coalition based in Yemen's south that for years has ...