Yemen’s southern separatists gain in territory and confidence
24 May 2019
| 4 minute read
While most international attention has been focused on the situation in and around Hodeidah – where Houthi forces finally redeployed from the port city in mid-May, in line with the Stockholm agreement signed in late 2018 – the events further south, where the Southern Transitional Council (STC) claimed an absolute victory over Houthi forces in central Al-Dhale province on 17 May, are just as important.
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