Overview
- The regional government in Hadramaut announced an operation to regain positions from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council and said it was not a declaration of war.
- A representative of the STC said at least seven militiamen were killed and more than twenty wounded by coalition airstrikes on Friday.
- STC leaders placed their forces on alert and labeled the confrontation with Saudi-aligned troops a decisive and existential war.
- International flights at Aden airport were suspended by order of the transport minister aligned with the southern camp following government-imposed limits on routes to and from the UAE.
- The United Arab Emirates announced a full pullout from Yemen after a Saudi-led strike on the southern port city of Mukalla.