Yemen Separatists Have Seized Control Of The Island Of Socotra In The Arabian Sea

Reuters: Yemen separatists seize remote Socotra island from Saudi-backed government

ADEN (Reuters) - Southern separatists have seized control of Yemen’s island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea, deposing its governor and driving out forces of the Saudi-backed government which condemned the action as coup.

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared self rule in the south in April, complicating U.N. efforts to forge a permanent ceasefire in a war that has separatists and the government fighting as nominal allies in a Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi group, who control the north.

On Saturday, the STC announced it had seized government facilities and military bases on the main island of Socotra, a sparsely populated archipelago which sits at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden on one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

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Update #1: Yemen accuses UAE-backed separatists of staging a coup in Socotra (Al Jazeera)
Update #2: UAE-backed militias stage ‘coup’ in Yemen’s Socotra (Middle East Monitor)

WNU Editor: The misery in Yemen continues.