From Aden to Tel Aviv: How the “Southern Transitional Council” Became an Emirati Tool to Market Normalization in Exchange for the Illusion of Secession

From Aden to Tel Aviv: How the “Southern Transitional Council” Became an Emirati Tool to Market Normalization in Exchange for the Illusion of Secession

At the heart of the occupied southern governorates, a reality long concealed by the American, Emirati, and Saudi aggression—and their local instruments—is now coming fully into view: the so-called Southern Transitional Council (STC) is no longer a fleeting local actor, but has become a functional tool within a regional project aimed at suffocating Yemen’s sovereignty, undermining its unity, and transforming the south into a political and militar…