Overview
- Indian national Rakki Kishan Gopal was flown off Socotra on January 7 on a special Yemenia flight to Jeddah, the Indian Embassy confirmed.
- Officials from the Consulate General of India in Jeddah received her before she flew back to India on Thursday morning.
- Local authorities say more than 400 foreign tourists remain unable to leave Socotra after flights were suspended.
- Socotra is under the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, while Saudi-backed government forces recently reported regaining control of military sites in Hadramout and al-Mahra and the STC withdrew from Mukalla.
- Yemeni government leaders have sought Saudi-hosted talks that the STC welcomed, as the STC announced a two-year transitional phase toward a potential southern state.