On December 2nd the Southern Transitional Council ( stc ), secessionists backed by the uae, went on a lightning offensive across the south-east. They seized territory held by Saudi-backed factions and now control the eight governorates that made up the former South Yemen (see map),

Saudi Arabia has bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s Mukalla port after alleging UAE-backed separatists smuggled weapons, warning Emirati actions were “dangerous.”

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for the U.A.E. forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers.

Yemen’s presidential council gave 24-hour deadline for UAE forces to withdraw from Yemeni territory - Anadolu Ajansı

Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as investors took stock of dented hopes of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East around Yemen. Brent crude futures for February delivery,