Last updated December 31, 2025, 8:16 PM

Saudi Warning

December 31, 2025, 9:30 PM

YEMEN-CONFLICT-PROTEST — Yemenis members of the Sabahiha tribes of Lahj, who live along the strip between the south and north of the country and who support the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), hold an image of the STC leader Aidaros Alzubidi as they wave the old South Yemen flag, during a rally in Khormaksar Square, in the coastal port city of Aden, the temporary capital of the Republic of Yemen on December 14, 2025. The STC is part of the internationally recognised government, which is a patchwork of groups held together by their opposition to Yemen's Houthi rebels. The Houthis hold most of the country's populated areas, including the capital Sanaa, in the north and west of the country. (Photo by Saleh Al-OBEIDI / AFP)

Yemenis members of the Sabahiha tribes of Lahj, who live along the strip between the south and north of the country, gather during a rally to show their support for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, which wants to revive an independent South Yemen, as they wave the old South Yemen flag in Khormaksar Square, in the coastal port city of Aden, the temporary capital of the Republic of Yemen on Dec. 14, 2025. Saudi Arabia warned on Dec. 27, 2025 it would back Yemen’s government in any military confrontation with separatist forces.

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