Overview
- Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council said National Shield units retook military and security sites across Hadramawt after a campaign launched Friday.
- Saudi-led warplanes hit STC positions including Al-Khasha and Barshid camps, with the separatists reporting deaths and injuries as pro-Saudi forces advanced toward Mukalla and Seiyun.
- Saudi Arabia invited southern factions to a conference in Riyadh after a formal request from PLC chief Rashad al-Alimi, and the STC said it welcomed the offer for dialogue.
- Abu Dhabi announced the completion of its troop withdrawal and called for de-escalation, while denying Saudi claims that a Mukalla-bound shipment contained Emirati weapons.
- The STC declared a two-year transition toward a referendum on southern independence, intensifying a rift that analysts warn could benefit the Houthis and further destabilize Yemen.