Saudi Arabia Attacks UAE-Supported Separatists in Southeastern Yemen
On Friday, Saudi warplanes struck a stronghold of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a Yemeni group that’s got backing from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is a nominal ally of Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s central government, supported by Saudi Arabia, has launched a ground operation aimed at forcing the STC out of the oil-rich Hadramout […]
Saudi Arabia carries out airstrike on Yemeni port city aimed at a shipment thought to be associated with UAE-backed separatists.
Saudi-UAE Relations Strain After Airstrike on Yemen The relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reached a new low after a recent Saudi airstrike targeted an arms shipment in Mukalla, Yemen. As of late afternoon Pacific Time, there were no reported casualties from the strike. The UAE accused Saudi Arabia of […]
Yemen Separatists Blame Saudi Arabia for Airstrikes
Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council Accuses Saudi Arabia of Airstrikes The Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group in Yemen, accused Saudi Arabia on Friday of conducting airstrikes targeting its forces in Hadramout province. This province was recently taken over by the STC, which had previously been collaborating with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, the Presidential Leadership […]
Yemeni Separatists Take Control of Oil-Rich Regions, Risking a Return to Civil War
STC Gains Control of Key Yemeni Provinces Yemen’s separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), has taken control of the oil-rich provinces of Hadramawt and Mahra. This move raises concerns about reigniting Yemen’s stagnant civil war and potentially destabilizing the region further. In Yemen’s civil war, three primary factions are at play: the internationally recognized […]
Hostages Killed After Baloch Separatists Hijack Pakistani Train
Pakistani forces said Wednesday that 21 hostages were killed on a train hijacked by separatist militants from the Baroque Liberation Army (BLA). The BLA claimed it killed 50 people when it was held responsible for the terrorist attack. “Today we have released many people, including women and children. The final operation was meticulous.” I said […]
Canada denies it has evidence linking Modi to killing of Sikh separatists | Canada
Canada, which has expelled six Indian diplomats for their alleged involvement in a plot against Sikh separatists, has denied it has any evidence that Narendra Modi was involved in violence in Canada. Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs last month alleged that Amit Shah, the Modi government's number two, was behind the intimidation campaign in Canada. […]
Papua separatists kill helicopter pilot from New Zealand, say police | Indonesia
Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed a New Zealand helicopter pilot but four passengers on board were uninjured, police said. Glenn Malcolm Koning, a pilot for Indonesian airline PT Intan Angkasa Air Services, was shot dead, said Faisal Ramadani, a national police official and head of Papua’s Joint Security and Peace […]
Spanish Parliament to vote on controversial amnesty bill for Catalan separatists
Spain’s lower house of parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on Tuesday on the fate of a highly controversial amnesty bill for Catalan separatists. The bill was brokered by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to shore up support in Catalonia and end the legal woes of hundreds of people involved in the region’s unsuccessful […]