{"id":6630,"date":"2025-12-26T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6630"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:54:19","slug":"uae-welcomes-saudi-efforts-to-support-security-in-yemen-amid-stc-advance-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6630","title":{"rendered":"UAE welcomes Saudi efforts to support security in Yemen amid STC advance | Conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Statement comes day after Saudi Arabia told Yemeni separatists to withdraw from eastern governorates seized this month.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 26 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">26 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">The United Arab Emirates has welcomed Saudi \u200dArabian efforts \u200dto support security and stability in Yemen and remains committed to backing stability in the country, the UAE\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The UAE statement on Friday came a day after Saudi Arabia said it hopes Yemen\u2019s main southern separatist group, the \u2060Southern Transitional Council (STC), will end an escalation and withdraw its forces from the eastern provinces of Hadramout and al-Mahra.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p class=\"p1\">The STC, which previously received military and financial backing from the UAE, pushed the \u200bSaudi-backed, internationally recognised government from its headquarters in Aden while \u200dclaiming broad control across the south earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe UAE reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to supporting all endeavours aimed at strengthening stability and development in Yemen,\u201d \u200dthe Emirati Foreign \u2060Ministry said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On December 12, a joint Saudi-Emirati military delegation arrived in Aden to discuss measures aimed at defusing tensions in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Saudi Arabia \u200bsaid the teams were sent to make \u201cthe \u200cnecessary arrangements\u201d to ensure the return of STC forces to their previous positions outside the two provinces, adding that the efforts were still in progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The STC advance has threatened to prompt a confrontation within a fragile coalition that has been battling the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen\u2019s north for a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The separatists were initially part of the alliance that intervened in Yemen in 2015 against the \u200cHouthis. But the group has turned \u2060on the government and sought self-rule in the south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yemen has already been marred by a civil war since 2014, with the Houthis controlling the northern part of \u200cthe country, including the capital Sanaa, after forcing the Saudi-backed government to flee south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Situated between Saudi Arabia and an important shipping route on the \u200dRed Sea, Yemen was split into northern and southern states until 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement comes day after Saudi Arabia told Yemeni separatists to withdraw from eastern governorates seized this month. Published On 26 Dec 202526 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United Arab Emirates has welcomed Saudi \u200dArabian efforts \u200dto support security and stability in Yemen and remains committed to backing stability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}