Southern Transitional Council faces uncertain future amid internal divisions over plans to disband with its leader in exile. Thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets in Aden to show support for the Southern Transitional Council (STC) amid conflicting reports about the separatist group’s purpo»»»

As Yemen’s government, led by the Presidential Leadership Council, moves to consolidate military and security authority in the south under the defense and interior ministries, it is seeking to contain the fallout from recent turmoil, prevent a return to rebellion, and avert a slide back into violen»»»

RIYADH: A delegation of Yemeni separatists allegedly held in Riyadh said on Friday they had to dissolve their movement after a failed land grab that infuriated Saudi Arabia, but the announcement was dismissed as made under duress by their colleagues based in the UAE. Southern Transitional Council s»»»

STC spokesman Anwar al-Tamimi, who is also in Abu Dhabi, dismissed the statement as "ridiculous" in a message to AFP, while another STC statement also dismissed the dissolution and called for the delegation to be freed."Decisions concerning the Southern Transitional Council can only be made by the »»»