Saudi-led coalition says UAE helped smuggle separatist leader out of Yemen
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Key Points:
- The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen accused the UAE of helping separatist leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi, head of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), escape Yemen after he was expelled from the presidential council and accused of treason.
- According to coalition sources, Zubaidi fled Aden by boat to Somaliland and was then flown to Abu Dhabi via Mogadishu under UAE supervision, though the STC denied these claims, stating he remained in Aden.
- The coalition also accused Zubaidi of relocating STC forces from Aden to his home province, prompting coalition air strikes on these forces, which the STC condemned as unjustified amid calls for dialogue.
- Rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE have emerged due to inf
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