International Affairs

UAE-Backed Separatists Escalate Conflict in Yemen’s South, Threatening Regional Stability

By National Security Desk | December 15, 2025

As UAE-backed southern separatists push deeper into Yemen’s provinces, their aggressive expansion challenges Saudi-led peace efforts and jeopardizes regional security critical to America’s interests.

In a troubling development that highlights the dangerous complexities of proxy conflicts in the Middle East, the UAE-supported Southern Transitional Council (STC) has advanced its forces into Abyan province, further destabilizing Yemen’s fragile southern region. This move follows recent seizures of Hadramout and Mahra provinces, including vital oil infrastructure and strategic border areas. While Washington watches from afar, the escalating chaos threatens to undermine American national security interests by fueling instability on a critical maritime choke point near the Red Sea. Who Benefits as Southern Yemen Frays Further? The Southern Transitional Council’s ambitions represent more than just a local power...

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