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Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council: A Delicate Balancing Act
The past decade has witnessed the gradual destruction of Yemen’s pre-war power structures and the rise of new political forces.
Perhaps no faction, not even the Huthis who control much of the northern highlands, better exemplifies these new networks than the pro-independence Southern Transitional Council…
- Peter Salisbury / ICG
- ISPI
Formed in April 2017, this self-styled southern government-in-waiting and its allies now hold most of Yemen’s four southern governorates, including the temporary capital, Aden, and…
As part of the Saudi-brokered deal that brought it into government, the STC should also have a seat at the table if and…